I strongly recommand this talk of Richard Feldman about history of languages and programming paradigms.
It answers your question (and others), and draws a wider picture of the evolution of concepts that lead to the techosystem we see today.
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I strongly recommand this talk of Richard Feldman about history of languages and programming paradigms.
It answers your question (and others), and draws a wider picture of the evolution of concepts that lead to the techosystem we see today.