“The C programming language was devised in the early 1970s as a system implementation language for the nascent Unix operating system. Derived from the typeless language BCPL, it evolved a type structure; created on a tiny machine as a tool to improve a meager programming environment, it has become one of the dominant languages of [...]

Now here’s a really interesting feature article on Unix history and how it came to be. It’s quite amazing how successful a piece of software has become and how it came to influence the world of computing in the past (roughly) 40 years. “They say that when one door closes on you, another opens. People [...]

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This is a really interesting and fairly well written series of articles from Gamasutra.com detailing the history of computer role-playing games. The articles are somewhat long, but definitely worth the read! Check it out: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games – Part 1 (gamasutra.com) The History of Computer Role-Playing Games – Part 2 (gamasutra.com) The [...]

There are many Computer Science timelines out there that describe the major milestones in the field. Most of these detail things such as the founding of major companies involved in Computer Science. This doesn’t necessarily give us a good understanding of the true history of Computer Science and of the major breakthroughs which occurred after [...]

It’s been 25 years since C++ was first released by Bjarne Stroustrup. Wired.com has an interview with him discussing the language and his thoughts its creation and impact. C++ is one of the most used and universal programming languages out there. Bjarne comments on the popularity factor by stating that he does not believe that [...]