Programming language theory

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Programming language theory

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Programming language theory - branch of computer science that deals with the design, implementation, analysis, characterization, and classification of programming languages and their individual features. Article "Programming language theory" in English Wikipedia has 30.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 16 sections. The article also contains quality flaw template, which reduce quality score.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Programming language theory", its content was written by 91 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 238 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 251 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1230 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #76109 in October 2015
  • Global: #53509 in December 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #73591 in September 2014
  • Global: #118061 in September 2014

There are 17 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Programming language theory
30.2436
2Turkish (tr)
Programlama dili teorisi
28.2846
3Italian (it)
Teoria dei linguaggi di programmazione
25.1781
4French (fr)
Théorie des langages de programmation
22.875
5Chinese (zh)
程式語言理論
21.0346
6Ukrainian (uk)
Теорія мов програмування
20.6883
7Vietnamese (vi)
Lý thuyết ngôn ngữ lập trình
19.8485
8Russian (ru)
Теория языков программирования
19.5148
9Bulgarian (bg)
Теория на езиците за програмиране
15.0059
10Arabic (ar)
نظرية لغات البرمجة
13.6029
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Programming language theory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Programming language theory
948 943
2Spanish (es)
Teoría de lenguajes de programación
254 635
3Russian (ru)
Теория языков программирования
43 673
4Vietnamese (vi)
Lý thuyết ngôn ngữ lập trình
31 942
5Chinese (zh)
程式語言理論
29 784
6Turkish (tr)
Programlama dili teorisi
13 901
7Italian (it)
Teoria dei linguaggi di programmazione
12 935
8Persian (fa)
نظریه زبان‌های برنامه‌نویسی
8 497
9French (fr)
Théorie des langages de programmation
6 779
10Polish (pl)
Teoria języków programowania
5 037
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Programming language theory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Programming language theory
3 437
2Chinese (zh)
程式語言理論
210
3Russian (ru)
Теория языков программирования
165
4French (fr)
Théorie des langages de programmation
157
5Spanish (es)
Teoría de lenguajes de programación
148
6Vietnamese (vi)
Lý thuyết ngôn ngữ lập trình
84
7Turkish (tr)
Programlama dili teorisi
81
8Italian (it)
Teoria dei linguaggi di programmazione
47
9Arabic (ar)
نظرية لغات البرمجة
26
10Ukrainian (uk)
Теорія мов програмування
26
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Programming language theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Programming language theory
91
2Spanish (es)
Teoría de lenguajes de programación
20
3Persian (fa)
نظریه زبان‌های برنامه‌نویسی
15
4Vietnamese (vi)
Lý thuyết ngôn ngữ lập trình
15
5Ukrainian (uk)
Теорія мов програмування
14
6Italian (it)
Teoria dei linguaggi di programmazione
12
7Polish (pl)
Teoria języków programowania
12
8French (fr)
Théorie des langages de programmation
11
9Russian (ru)
Теория языков программирования
11
10Chinese (zh)
程式語言理論
9
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Programming language theory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Russian (ru)
Теория языков программирования
1
2Ukrainian (uk)
Теорія мов програмування
1
3Arabic (ar)
نظرية لغات البرمجة
0
4Azerbaijani (az)
Proqramlaşdırma dili nəzəriyyəsi
0
5Bulgarian (bg)
Теория на езиците за програмиране
0
6Catalan (ca)
Teoria de llenguatges de programació
0
7English (en)
Programming language theory
0
8Spanish (es)
Teoría de lenguajes de programación
0
9Basque (eu)
Programazio-lengoaien teoria
0
10Persian (fa)
نظریه زبان‌های برنامه‌نویسی
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Programming language theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Programming language theory
251
2Persian (fa)
نظریه زبان‌های برنامه‌نویسی
219
3Ukrainian (uk)
Теорія мов програмування
161
4Chinese (zh)
程式語言理論
125
5Arabic (ar)
نظرية لغات البرمجة
121
6Azerbaijani (az)
Proqramlaşdırma dili nəzəriyyəsi
109
7Vietnamese (vi)
Lý thuyết ngôn ngữ lập trình
90
8French (fr)
Théorie des langages de programmation
74
9Russian (ru)
Теория языков программирования
18
10Spanish (es)
Teoría de lenguajes de programación
17
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
نظرية لغات البرمجة
azAzerbaijani
Proqramlaşdırma dili nəzəriyyəsi
bgBulgarian
Теория на езиците за програмиране
caCatalan
Teoria de llenguatges de programació
enEnglish
Programming language theory
esSpanish
Teoría de lenguajes de programación
euBasque
Programazio-lengoaien teoria
faPersian
نظریه زبان‌های برنامه‌نویسی
frFrench
Théorie des langages de programmation
hrCroatian
Teorija programskih jezika
itItalian
Teoria dei linguaggi di programmazione
plPolish
Teoria języków programowania
ruRussian
Теория языков программирования
trTurkish
Programlama dili teorisi
ukUkrainian
Теорія мов програмування
viVietnamese
Lý thuyết ngôn ngữ lập trình
zhChinese
程式語言理論

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#73591
09.2014
Global:
#118061
09.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#76109
10.2015
Global:
#53509
12.2011

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Programming language theory from Wikipedia articles about Computer science, Rust, Programming language, Programming language semantics and Polymorphism. Whereas reading the article about Programming language theory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Lambda calculus, Programming language, Very high-level programming language, Formal language and Chomsky hierarchy.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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