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This dimension names the family of related languages that a specific programming language belongs to. Wikipedia notes that "the design of programming languages has been strongly influenced by computer architecture, with most imperative languages designed around the ubiquitous von Neumann architecture," a shared influence that ties many languages into the same lineage. Browsing this way moves between a language and its close relatives.

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1970 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: SQL
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The model was described in his influential 1970 paper, "A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks".
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