Computer Languages Genealogy

If you want to tweak and generate your own versions install the 'pry' gem (or comment it out from the ruby script)

Just run ruby genealogy.rb and look into the output directory for the generated files.

You will also need graphviz installed.

The idea is not to be a 100% complete timeline but to have at the very least the languages that were instrumental through the history of the computer.

Wikipedia was used for 90% of the graph information of which language influenced which and some extra Googling to make sure the main relations are correct.

Author: Fabio Akita (C) Akitaonrails.com

Wish List/TO DO

• reorganize the main class to be more readable (it's quite messy at this point).
• create a separated bin file to execute the generate method instead of having it lost at the end of the file.
• have a way to select one main language and see only the previous languages that influenced it.
• make some more cosmetic changes to make it more appealing (the colors are not great, the node styles are not great)