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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1. Wikipedia: Structured programming
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Contributing factors to its popularity and widespread acceptance, at first in academia and later among practitioners, include the publication of what is now known as the structured program theorem in 1966, and the publication of the influential "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" open letter in 1968 by Dutch computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra, who coined the term structured programming.
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