1.2 Timeline Assignment

Plankalkül

1945

Konrad Zuse designed Plankalkül for the purpose of engineering. http://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Software/Plankalkul.html

Fortran

1957

FORTRAN was developed by John Backus and a team of programmers at IBM. It is useful for mathematical and scientific calculations. It stands for FORmula TRANslation. http://groups.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/fortran/fortran.html

MATH-MATIC

1957

This programming language was released by Rand Corporation, but created by Grace Murray Hopper. It was designed for solving algebraic problems. http://www.osdata.com/topic/language/mathmatic.htm

Lisp

1958

Lisp was developed for the purpose of running Artificial Intelligence programs, like AI Robots, Computer Games, and Pattern Recognition. It was developed by John McCarthy. http://groups.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/lisp/lisp.html

COBOL

1959

COBOL stands for Common Business Oriented Language. This is because it is supposed to be used for business tasks, like annual wages and keeping track of employees. It was developed by a group called the Conference on Data System Languages. http://groups.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/cobol/cobol.html

RPG

1959

RPG stands for Report Program Generator. It was developed by IBM for the purpose of replicating punch card processing.

BASIC

1963

BASIC stands for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. It is used to teach the basic concepts of programming and it is also used in business applications. It was developed by John Kemeney and Thomas Kurtz. http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/BASIC-Beginners-All-purpose-Symbolic-Instruction-Code

LOGO

1967

Logo was designed by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, Bolt, Beranek and Newman. It was designed as a learning tool to teach basic concepts of Lisp. http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/what_is_logo/history.html

B

1969

B is a computer language designed for non-numeric applications. It was developed by D.M. Ritchie and K.L. Thompson. https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/bintro.html

PASCAL

1970

Pascal was developed by Niklaus Wirth with the purpose of teaching students the basics of programming. http://groups.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/pascal/pascal.html

SQL

1970

SQL was developed by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce at IBM. It stands for Structured Query Language. It's purpose is to communicate with and manipulate databases. http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5804-what-is-sql.html

C

1972

C is a programming language used for system development work in programs that make up the operating system. It was developed by Dennis Ritchie. https://www.le.ac.uk/users/rjm1/cotter/page_06.htm

ML

1973

Also known as Standard Meta Language, this language was developed by Robin Milner. It was created with the purpose of solving automatic theorems. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robin-Milner#ref1069571

ADA

1977

ADA is a modern programming language designed for large, long-living applications. It was developed by Jean Ichbiah and his team. http://www.adacore.com/adaanswers/about/ada

C++

1979

C++ was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup. The language was created as an extension of C to provide flexibility for all levels of programming. https://www.ics.com/designpatterns/book/history.html

Python

1991

Python was designed and released by Guido Van Rossum. It is a very easy-to-use program which can be used for several things, including testing complex applications and building video games. http://groups.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/python/python.html

Visual Basic

1991

Visual Basic was developed by Alan Cooper. It creates a graphical programming environment, so users can see what they're doing. It's easy to learn and use.
http://www.max-visual-basic.com/history-of-visual-basic.html

Delphi

1995

Delphi was developed by Borland. It's original purpose was rapid application development for Windows.

Java

1995

Java is a programming language used to create computer applications. It was developed by James Gosling. http://groups.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/java/java.html

JavaScript

1995

JavaScript was developed by Brendan Eich for the purpose of client side scripting, or manipulating data. https://www.w3.org/community/webed/wiki/A_Short_History_of_JavaScript

PHP

1995

The language was invented by Rasmus Lerdorf. It stands for Personal Home Page. It is a completely free program designed for editing and serving websites. http://techfortesco.com/the-history-of-the-php-programming-language