Evolution of Programming Languages

Traces the history of programming languages from FORTRAN and LISP through ALGOL, Smalltalk, Prolog, ML, Scheme, and Erlang, examining the ideas and people behind each. Students use this historical lens to critically analyse and discuss a modern programming language of their choice.

Taught continuously since the 2024–2025 academic year. See the VUB course catalog (Caliweb) for the current syllabus and schedule.