How do programming languages get created, and what goes into design decisions? This question was originally answered on Quora by Keno Fischer.

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At Dartmouth, long before the days of laptops and smartphones, he worked to give more students access to computers. That work helped propel generations into a new world. By Kenneth R. Rosen Thomas E.