Taxonomy for emergent programming languages

As explained in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language) there are different classification schemes for current programming languages:

• by inheritance (result in language families, mostly related to syntax)
• by programming paradigm (How to use?)
• by domain usage (What’s it for?)
• by generation (related to the history of languages)
• by language elements (Syntax, static/dynamic semantics, type system, libraries)
• by tools (e.g. shipped with Eclipse)

You can find more details in Wikipedia using the following keywords

• Programming paradigms
• Programming language
• Programming language generations

All the presented classification schemes are matching exactly the known existing programming languages.

A prospective taxonomy should already contain some white spots for emergent languages.

Here are some ideas for emergent languages not covered by the above classification schemas:

• support for situated applications
• supporting build and deployment processes
• more generic language elements (e.g. patterns)
• configuration and versioning
• collaborative programming
• stochastic semantics
• interaction with project management / reporting / controlling
• support for software design / demand management
• Supporting versioning and code migration
• Profiling and refactoring support

I’ll explain in detail what I understand by these topics in later posts.