This dimension groups programming languages by the ACM subject area they fall under. Wikipedia notes the ACM Computing Classification System "is a subject classification system for computing devised by the Association for Computing Machinery," and programming language theory is one of its recognized areas. Browsing this way collects every language classified under the same ACM area.
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1. Wikipedia: Functional programming
WikipediaFunctional programming, History sectionQuote, Functional programming, History section
Information Processing Language (IPL), 1956, is sometimes cited as the first computer-based functional programming language.
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