Roster of programming languages for 1976-77

This roster contains a list of currently existing high-level languages which (a) have been develcped or reported in the United States; (b) have been implemented on at least one general-purpose computer; and (c) are believed to ~e in use in the United States by someone other than the developer. In a few cases of exceptional interest, these basic ground rules have been violated; in p~rticular, some new languages have been included even though their actual broad usage is somewhat less certain. The reason for excluding non-U.S, activities is definitely n o~ because they are deemed inferior; the reasons are (a) the time and effort to include them would be too great and (b) the multiple sources on non-~.S, developments are not generally available to th~ author and a partial list is deemed worse than no list. while every effort has b~en made to make this list both complete and accurate, inevitably some errors of omission or commission have occurred. The author would appreciate notice of these errors for cbr~ection in futur~ rosters, subject to the constraints in the following paragraph. No attempt has been made to decide whether a language is "good": if it satisfies the criteria indicated above and below, it is included. However, since a listing of this type inevitably represents certain technical value judgments, it should be made clear that the opinions stated or implied are (only) the personal views of the author.