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# [Reading the History of Programming Languages as a Ledger of Trades](https://joshua-nwachinemere.hashnode.dev/reading-the-history-of-programming-languages-as-a-ledger-of-trades?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A problem-led history of programming languages: the burdens each abstraction removed, the machinery it added, and the costs it moved elsewhere.

Jul 29 · 14 min read · joshua-nwachinemere.hashnode.dev  
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