Programming Language Research Engine

browse the list of programming language home pages

The Programming Language Research Engine (PLRE) is a custom search engine created using the Google co-op service for searching primarily academic sites related to programming language theory, design, and implementation. The PLRE is designed for researchers, students, professors, language designers, and language implementers who need scholarly information for advanced information pertaining to programming languages.

The PLRE currently searches about 200 sites, including the Citeseer computer science article database, home pages of numerous reputable researchers in the field of programming language, roughly 100 programming language home pages and/or specifications, and dozens of online text books. The engine emphasizes langauges which are cited frequently in computer science literature.

The PLRE also offers the ability to either refine your search to specific topics, or to broaden your search to use Google Scholar, Google CS Curriculum Search, or the entire web. Simply perform a search and the option to refine or broaden your search will be made available to you.

The Google Co-op service which drives this engine is still in Beta. As a result there will be some growing pains over the coming months as Google works out the kinks in the system.

If you have any suggestions for how to improve the search engine (e.g. sites to include, sites which need their rankings boosted, sites to exclude, or new topics) please consider contributing to the PLRE Google discussion group.