The evolution of programming languages

How have programming languages evolved over the past 50 years? How have the early languages influenced later versions, and how are they still used today?

How have programming languages evolved over the past 50 years? How have the early languages influenced later versions, and how are they still used today?

In this video - which is part of Computing's 40th anniversary celebrations - we look back at 10 of the most important programming languages created, including Fortran, Cobol, C++ and JavaScript.