What is a computer programming language?

Question

At the risk of sounding naive, I ask this question in search of a deeper understanding of the concept of programming languages in general. I write this question for my own e

Answer 1

See "Programming Considered as a Human Activity." EWD 117. http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD01xx/EWD117.html

Also See http://www.csee.umbc.edu/331/current/notes/01/01introduction.pdf