Lennon, Brian

Programming Language Cultures: Automating Automation

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ISBN 13:
9781503639874
author:
Lennon, Brian
format:
Paperback
publisher:
Stanford University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2024
Pages:
236
Dimensions:
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 centimetres (0
Genre:
Computers
Condition:
New
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£18.64

Description

Exploring the cultural contexts behind programming languages offers new insights into their development and usage. This book by Brian Lennon examines specific programming languages such as SNOBOL and JavaScript, as well as code comments, metasyntactic variables, and the early history of programming.

Lennon's approach combines technical knowledge with a humanistic analysis of computing's social and historical dimensions. By focusing on individual language specifics rather than their abstract characteristics, he reveals how programming languages have shaped specific cultural histories.

This book provides a rigorous framework for researchers in various fields to study programming languages from a humanities-based perspective, combining programming expertise with social and historical analysis.

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