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Lists of programming software development tools

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ136432012 ↗
Source-derived summary

This is a list of programming software development tools by programming language.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Lists of programming software development tools” as open-knowledge reference entry. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Lists, programming and software.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 12-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Lists, programming and software providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q136432012. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lists of programming software development tools” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.