Everything about List of programming languages

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: List of programming languagesA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Dynamic causal modelling in probabilistic programming languagesInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: A Tale of Two CitiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Stan : A Probabilistic Programming LanguageCited 6,167 times
5. Go sideways: Generational list of programming languagesA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: List of programming languages by typeA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Stan : A Probabilistic Programming Language

  Bob Carpenter, Andrew Gelman, Matthew D. Hoffman · 2017 · Journal of Statistical Software · 6,167 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Dynamic causal modelling in probabilistic programming languages

  Nina Baldy, Marmaduke Woodman, Viktor K. Jirsa · 2025 · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · 9 citations

• Annotated Automatic Pruning of Universal Probabilistic Programming Languages

  Gizem Çaylak, Emma Granqvist, Thimothée Virgoulay · 2025 · ACM Transactions on Probabilistic Machine Learning · 0 citations

• Erratum: Annotated Automatic Pruning of Universal Probabilistic Programming Languages

  Gizem Çaylak, Emma Granqvist, Thimothée Virgoulay · 2026 · ACM Transactions on Probabilistic Machine Learning · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens · 1800
• MacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1508
• King LearWilliam Shakespeare · 1608
• Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare · 1656
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892
• The C Programming LanguageBrian W. Kernighan, Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie · 1978
• Publication Manual of the American Psycological AssociationAmerican Psychological Association., American Psychological Association · 1952
• Java software solutionsLewis, John, John E. Lewis Ph. D. · 1997

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