Computer Languages: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Naomi S. Baron

Describes the development, structure, function, and characteristics of twenty-two of the most important computer programming languages

419 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Professor Baron is interested in electronically-mediated communication, writing and technology, the history of English, and higher education. A former Guggenheim Fellow and Fulbright Fellow, she has published seven books. Always On: Language in an Online and Mobile World won the English-Speaking Union’s Duke of Edinburgh English Language Book Award for 2008. Her new book, Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World, will be out in early 2015.