A cultural diffusion model for the rise and fall of programming languages

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• dc.contributor.author Valverde, Sergica
• dc.contributor.author Solé Vicente, Ricard, 1962-ca
• dc.date.accessioned 2016-04-13T16:58:25Z
• dc.date.available 2016-08-01T02:00:04Z
• dc.date.issued 2015
• dc.description.abstract Our interaction with complex computing machines is mediated by programming languages (PLs), which constitute one of the major innovations in the evolution of technology. PLs allow flexible, scalable, and fast use of hardware and are largely responsible for shaping the history of information technology since the rise of computers in the 1950s. The rapid growth and impact of computers were followed closely by the development of PLs. As occurs with natural, human languages, PLs have emerged and gone extinct. There has been always a diversity of coexisting PLs that compete somewhat while occupying special niches. Here we show that the statistical patterns of language adoption, rise, and fall can be accounted for by a simple model in which a set of programmers can use several PLs, decide to use existing PLs used by other programmers, or decide not to use them. Our results highlight the influence of strong communities of practice in the diffusion of PL innovationsca
• dc.description.sponsorship This work has been supported by Fundación Botín, the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Grants FIS2013-44674-P to S.V.) and FEDER and by the Santa Fe Institute.
• dc.format.mimetype application/pdfca
• dc.identifier.citation Valverde S, Solé RV. A cultural diffusion model for the rise and fall of programming languages. Human biology. 2015; 87(3): 224-234ca
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.13110/humanbiology.87.3.0224
• dc.identifier.issn 0018-7143
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/26083
• dc.language.iso engca
• dc.publisher Wayne State University Pressca
• dc.relation.ispartof Human biology. 2015;87(3):224-34
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/FIS2013-44674-P
• dc.rights © 2016 Wayne State University Pressca
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.subject.keyword Cultural evolution
• dc.subject.keyword Diffusion
• dc.subject.keyword Multilingualism
• dc.subject.keyword Programming languages
• dc.subject.keyword Software
• dc.subject.other Evolució culturalca
• dc.title A cultural diffusion model for the rise and fall of programming languagesca
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/articleca
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionca