SO MANY PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES...!
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* Logical derivations: http://calvinx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/evo-prog-lang.png
* Chronological derivations: http://www.digibarn.com/collections/posters/tongues/tongues.jpg
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* http://www.itworld.com/software/426242/python-bumps-java-top-learning-language
* http://stsdas.stsci.edu/pyraf/python_quick_tour.html
* docs.google.com: Camilla's graph
* http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/
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HOW TO DISTINGUISH THEM?
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* Wikipedia: List of programming languages by type
* Wikipedia: Programming paradigm
* http://redmonk.com/dberkholz/2013/03/25/programming-languages-ranked-by-expressiveness/
. http://dberkholz-media.redmonk.com/dberkholz/files/2013/03/expressiveness_weighted2.png
. http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2013/02/28/language-rankings-1-13/
* http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2017/06/08/language-rankings-6-17/
MORE COMPLEX DISTINCTIONS...
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* Wikipedia: IEEE floating point
* Wikipedia: Function object
--> Search for "closures"; use that paragraph and the one above it.
* www.dotnet-tricks.com/Tutorial/oops/38DD170612-Difference-between-object-oriented-and-object-based-languages.html
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* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1932910/confusing-operation-of-javascript-var-keyword
--> Search for "followed by 'inner,' and then again 'outer'"
LET'S LOOK AT MATLAB...
. https://physics.unm.edu/Courses/tlthomas/290/
* https://physics.unm.edu/Courses/tlthomas/290/homework-inventory.html
. https://physics.unm.edu/Courses/tlthomas/290/calendar/jan31/
--> Search for "Using 'for' loops"