Rust in Perspective. Programing Language History. By Linus Walleij (2022)
Programing Language History. the Rise of FORTRAN, ALGOL, Pascal, C, ML, Ocaml, Haskell, Rust.
One of the top 5 blogs on programing language i've read in past 5 years.
a short history of programing languages. Covers the rise of FORTRAN, ALGOL, Pascal, C, ML, Ocaml, Haskell, Rust.
The content is great, but the writing is also impeccable.
- Rust in Perspective
- By Linus Walleij (aka linusw).
- https://people.kernel.org/linusw/rust-in-perspective
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