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  Wikipedia: PL/I - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I_programming_language
An encyclopedia description of PL/I history with many links to programming terms.
  Computer Languages History - http://www.levenez.com/lang/
Timeline chart, 1954 to today, printable; links to homes of many languages.
  A Brief History of Programming Languages - http://www.byte.com/art/9509/sec7/art19.htm
A special Byte Magazine article published for Byte's 20th anniversary special report
  The Retrocomputing Museum - http://www.catb.org/~esr/retro/
Dedicated to programs that induce sensations that hover somewhere between nostalgia and nausea. The freaks, jokes, and fossils of computing history.
  Historic Documents in Computer Science - http://www.fh-jena.de/~kleine/history/
Original, historic first documents for many early programming languages, like language manualsa, scanned and converted to PDF form.
  O'Reilly: The History of Programming Languages - http://oreilly.com/news/languageposter_0504.html
A poster plots over 50 programming languages on a multi-layered, color-coded timeline.
  Diagram of Languages - http://merd.sourceforge.net/pixel/language-study/diagram.html
Two diagrams showing how many languages are related to each other.
  History and Comparison of Programming Languages - http://www.gavilan.edu/csis/languages/history.html
Papers on use history of: comments, labels, literals, parentheses.
  Visual Programming Languages: A Survey - http://nitsan.org/~maratb/cs263/
This paper by Marat Boshernitsan includes an historical overview of some of the pioneering efforts in the field.
  History and Evolution - http://www.scriptol.org/history.php
A list of computer languages and some links to compilers for these languages.
  The Semicolon Wars - http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/51982/
History and critique of disagreements over language design details, citing some specific traits; by Brian Hayes. American Scientist.

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