Welcome to the Dictionary of Programming Languages, a compendium of computer coding methods assembled to provide information and aid your appreciation for computer science history. The dictionary currently has over 120 entries.

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Information about the dictionary:

• Languages added and not added, Master List
• Questions and Answers about this project
• Description of how entries get added to the dictionary

Here are some other sites that have surveys or dictionaries of programming languages.

WWW Virtual Library: Computing, Programming Languages

A nice list, not exceptionally broad, but with links for every topic.
[Large flat HTML file, many links]

Language Sampler: 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall

A simple iterative algorithm expressed in about 200 different programming systems. Most samples have links to additional resources.
[Large flat list, some links, somewhat repetitive]

THE Language List

The largest and most comprehensive list on the net, and a fine job by the CUI group at University of Geneva and Bill Kinnersley. This list has a very good search capability, and many of the entries have links to FTP sites for compilers and tools. Unfortunately, some of the links on the list are a little out of date, but its source attribution and journal references are great.

[Very large searchable database]

More Programming Language Resource Links..

Some more resource links with descriptions.