Everything about High-level programming language

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: High-level programming languageA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Research on Human-Computer Collaboration Paradigm in AIGC-Empowered High-Level Language Programming CoursesInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: MacbethThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Integrative self-sorting is a programming language for high level self-assemblyCited 171 times
5. Go sideways: CompilerA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Outline of computer programmingA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Integrative self-sorting is a programming language for high level self-assembly

  Wei Jiang, Christoph A. Schalley · 2009 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 171 citations

• Automatic Compilation from High-Level Biologically-Oriented Programming Language to Genetic Regulatory Networks

  Jacob Beal, Ting Lu, Ron Weiss · 2011 · PLoS ONE · 91 citations

• Jade: a high-level, machine-independent language for parallel programming

  M.C. Rinard, D.J. Scales, M.S. Lam · 1993 · Computer · 88 citations

• A very high level programming language for data processing applications

  Michael Hammer, W. Gerry Howe, Vincent J. Kruskal · 1977 · Communications of the ACM · 63 citations

• Acute: High-level programming language design for distributed computation

  PETER SEWELL, JAMES J. LEIFER, KEITH WANSBROUGH · 2007 · Journal of Functional Programming · 29 citations

• Konrad Zuse's Plankalkül: the first high-level, "non von Neumann" programming language

  W.K. Giloi · 1997 · IEEE Annals of the History of Computing · 24 citations

• English as a very high level language for simulation programming

  George E. Heidorn · 1974 · ACM SIGPLAN Notices · 18 citations

• High-level programming languages

  G.Octo Barnett, Robert A. Greenes · 1970 · Computers and Biomedical Research · 14 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Research on Human-Computer Collaboration Paradigm in AIGC-Empowered High-Level Language Programming Courses

  Hongyuan Wang, Baokai Zu, Yafang Li · 2025 · Journal of Contemporary Educational Research · 2 citations

• Adapting High-Level Language Programming (C Language) Education in the Era of Large Language Models

  Baokai Zu, Hongyuan Wang, Hongli Chen · 2025 · Journal of Contemporary Educational Research · 1 citations

• Design and Implementation of Amharic-based IDE with High-Level Programming Language

  Fitsum Gizachew · 2022 · EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies · 1 citations

• Performance of Lambda Expressions in High Level Programming Languages

  Todor Todorov, Nikolay Noev · 2023 · TEM Journal · 1 citations

• A Survey of High-Level Programming Languages for Operating Swarm Robots

  Woosuk Kang, EunJin Jeong, Taejoon Yoon · 2022 · Journal of KIISE · 1 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• MacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1508
• Artificial intelligenceGeorge F. Luger, LUGER · 1992
• Integrating and extending BIRTJason Weathersby, Don French · 2006
• Using Turbo CHerbert Schildt · 1987
• Tools for structured designMarilyn Bohl, Maria Rynn · 1978
• ALGOL-like languagesR. D. Tennent, Peter O'Hearn · 1996
• The definition of standard MLR. Milner, Robin Milner · 1997
• Object oriented data structures using JavaNell B. Dale, Daniel T. Joyce · 2002

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