# A brief history of programming languages

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 8, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-brief-history-of-programming-languages/167505 "2009-05-08T16:35:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-brief-history-of-programming-languages/167505/1 "2009-05-08T16:35:22Z")

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> **[A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages](http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html)**
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> 1801 - Joseph Marie Jacquard uses punch cards to instruct a loom to weave "hello, world" into a tapestry. Redditers of the time are not imp...

I like the nickname “Mad Matz”. 🙂

Dan

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**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-brief-history-of-programming-languages/167505/2 "2009-05-08T21:51:36Z")

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That’s a funny out look on the history of programming LoL

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**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-brief-history-of-programming-languages/167505/3 "2009-05-08T21:57:27Z")

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> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Daniel B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
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> > [One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages](http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html)
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> > I like the nickname “Mad Matz”. 🙂  
> > Joshua C. wrote:  
> > That’s a funny out look on the history of programming LoL

Actually, it didn’t say anything about programming LOL.[1]

[1] [LOLCODE - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOLCODE)

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**Author:** ![danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@danielb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/danielb)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-brief-history-of-programming-languages/167505/4 "2009-05-08T23:23:48Z")

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Daniel B. wrote:

> [One Div Zero: A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages](http://james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html)
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> I like the nickname “Mad Matz”. 🙂
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> Dan

What a laugh! Thanks for the link.