A Brief History of Programming Languages:
A special Byte Magazine article published for Byte's 20th
anniversary special report
http://www.byte.com/art/9509/sec7/art19.htm
Java: Cornerstone of the Global Network Enterprise?:
Brian Youman's paper on Java including some historical notes: "Java:
Cornerstone of the Global Network Enterprise?"
http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Youmans.Java.html
