Subtitled "Rediscovering the Tools That Built the Future", this book serves as a bridge to understanding and revitalizing legacy code, with hands-on tutorials spanning languages from Forth and Simula to SNOBOL and m4. Dmitry Zinoviev ranges from the stack-oriented design of Forth to the early object-oriented experiences in Simula, and bridges the ever-widening chasm between contemporary code and legacy systems. He looks at topics such as how Simula led to C++, what made APL so powerful, and why we still use m4 even to this day.

Author: Dmitry Zinoviev
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Date: November 2024
Pages: 272
ISBN: 978-8888650639
Print: B0DFNXG376
Audience: General
Level: Introductory/Intermediate
Category: History, Languages

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