Computer Languages Timeline

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  • Plankalkul

    Konrad Zuse made this language to assist in many engineering tasks.
  • Fortran

    Developed by IBM with applications in STEM fields.
  • Math-matic

    Charles Katz's program used algebra to display business records and other information.
  • Lisp

    John McCarthy wrote this mathematical language as a way to further logic in computers.
  • RPG

    Released by IBM as a stable business program.
  • BASIC

    John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz developed BASIC as a means to ease other STEM individuals into computers.
  • LOGO

    Designed by Wally Feurzeig as an educational tool in computer logic.
  • B

    Created by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. This language was designed for independent operations, such as human language.
  • Pascal

    A structured language designed by Niklaus Wirth to organize and consonlidate functions.
  • C

    Developed by Dennis Ritchie to improve the capabilities of the Unix hardware.
  • ML

    Meta Language was designed by Robin Milner. It is a general purpose language with many simple applications.
  • SQL

    ISO developed this language to procedurally manage data.
  • ADA

    ADA, named for the countess of Lovelace, is a large scale language used to isolate independent operations. It was created by Jean Ichbiah and Tucker Taft.
  • Visual Basic

    Microsoft published this language for rapid application development.
  • Python

    Guido Van Rossum developed a simple, intuitive language to ease people into programming.
  • PHP

    Created by Rasmus Lordorf to interpret web codes and other signals. It stands for Personal Home Page.
  • Delphi

    Borland designed Delphi as a universal programming language to help communicate between various operating systems.
  • Java

    A universal language developed by Sun Microsystems.
  • JavaScript

    Used today as a foundation of the Internet. Designed by Brendand Eich.
  • COBOL

    The COmmon Business-Oriented Language was designed by Howard Bromberg and others for use in business and finance.
  • C++

    Bjorne Straustrap expanded on the limitations of C, including more universal functions.