Developer.com: Open Source High-level Languages in Your Neighborhood

“One seemingly bankable trend is that every day computer
languages become easier to understand, and become more like human
languages. The concept that easier to understand languages could
lead to less error prone and more rapid development was the basis
for Fortran II way back in 1958, and the foundation for the
high-level languages of today. Since the 50s, however, numerous
high-level languages have propped up. You’ve heard and worked with
most of these. Fortran is still used in engineering, and general
programming problems are often solved with C, C++, Java, and Perl,
which are all considered high-level.

“But what about the more obscure high-level languages? Dozens of
paradigms have propped up, and every day there seems to be a new
language on the block. Here is a handful of popular modern
high-level languages, what they are being used for, and where they
are hiding in the industry today…”

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