During the 1950s programming shifted from machine-specific numerical codes toward machine-independent programming languages.

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"During the 1950s programming shifted from machine-specific numerical codes toward machine-independent programming languages."

Nofre, Priestley, and Alberts show how programming moved during the 1950s from machine-specific numerical codes toward machine-independent languages and a distinct field of knowledge.

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Source title When Technology Became Language: The Origins of the Linguistic Conception of Computer Programming, 1950-1960

Source authors David Nofre; Mark Priestley; Gerard Alberts

Source year 2014

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