How JavaScript Happened: A Short History of Programming Languages by Mark Rendle

JavaScript was famously created in 10 days as a proof-of-concept for Netscape Navigator 2.0. Today it is one of the most-used languages in the world. Some people even like it. In this talk we will chart the path from the dark days before programming languages, through the ups and downs of the early pioneers, all the way to 1995 and the creation of JavaScript.We will meet the giants on whose shoulders Brendan Eich stood, and speculate about what they might think of modern JavaScript. You will learn interesting things about language design (good and bad), computer internals (weird), and committees (just bad). You’ll see FizzBuzz implemented at least a dozen times. It’ll be fun.

[rohitsaxena]

This is one of the best streamlined talk on the history of programming languages.

[PietervandenHombergh]

a nice talk about the history of programming languages, but also with a few flaws on facts. example: c has some kind of thrutiness, but strictly languages such as java do not.