HPR0932: Programming languages 1 - Introduction

This is the first episode on a series about computer programming languages. In this episode, I will start by discussing why you may want to learn a programming language, then I will give an introduction about what programming languages are, which are the different types of programming languages, their history, and I will also give some pointers to resources which can be useful to get you started with programming.

Eric Raymond's "How to become a hacker" essay, available at https://catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

1 Wikipedia sources:

• https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Categorical_list_of_programming_languages
• https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/History_of_programming_languages

2 Resources for learning to program

2.1 Easy

2.1.1 List of resources on Wikipedia

https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/List_of_educational_programming_languages

2.1.2 The Python tutorial

https://docs.python.org/tutorial/

2.2 Intermediate

2.2.1 Structure and interpretation of computer programs

https://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/

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• Videos of the lectures: https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussman-lectures/

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