Why is it useful for a programmer to have some background in language
design, even though he or she may never actually design a programming
language?
2. How can knowledge of programming language characteristics benefit
the whole computing community?
3. What programming language has dominated scientific computing over
the past 60 years?
4. What programming language has dominated business applications over
the past 60 years?
5. What programming language has dominated artificial intelligence over
the past 60 years?
