History of Computer Programming Languges

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  • Plankalkul

    Plankalkul is a programming language that was designed by Konrad Zuse in 1948 for engineering purposes. Plans for this program can be found as early as 1941.
  • FORTRAN

    FORTRAN is a general use language that is well suited for numeric and scientific computing. It was designed by John Backus
  • MATH-MATIC

    MATH-MATIC is the marketing name of the AT-3 Compiler, an early programming language for the UNIVAC-I and UNIVAC-II . Originally it was meant to replace FORTRAN and was developed by group led by Charles Katz in 1957.
  • Lisp

    Lisp is a familly of programming languages that is the second oldest programming language, Fortran being the eldest by 1 year. Lisp was originally created as a practical mathematical notation for computer programs. It was designed by John McCarthy and developed by Steve Russell, Timothy P. Hart, and Mike Levin.
  • COBOL

    COBOL stands for COmmon Business-Oriented Language. Is was based on programming languages previously done by Grace Hopper. It was one of the first programming languages to be standardized.
  • BASIC

    BASIC is an acronym for Begginner's All-purpose Symbolic Code. In 1964 is was developed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. Their goal was to enable everyone to be able to use a computer instead of just the people who were able to write their own custom software. BASIC become wide spread on micro computers in the mid-1970s and the 1980s.
  • LOGO

    Designed in 1967 by Daniel G. Bobrow, Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, and Cynthia Solomon LOGO is widely rembered for how it used turtle graphics.
  • B

    The programing languge B devolped around 1969 and first appeared later that same year. B was derived from BCPL and possibly took its name from it too. It was designed for us in non numeric and machine independant applications, such as language software.
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    C

    The C programming language was developed in AT&T Bell Tower labs between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritche. it is a general purpose programmnig language. C is one of the must used languages of all time and compilers for it are available for almost all operating systems.
  • PASCAL

    Pascal is an influential imperative and procedural programming language, published in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth. It was named after the French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal.
  • ML

    ML is a general-purpose functional programming language developed by Robin Milner and others in 1973.
  • SQL

    SQL stands for Structured Query Language. SQL has the special purpose of managing data held in a relational database management system. It was deigned by Donald D. Chamberlin, and Raymond F. Boyce and developed by ISO/IEC
  • ADA

    Created in 1977 under a contrace from the US Departmnet of Defense with the intention of replacing the hundreds of other languages in use by the Department of Defense at that time. It was named after Ada Lovelace who is credited as being the first computer programmer.
  • C++

    Before standardization in 1989 is was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell labs. Starting in 1979 Bjarne wanted an efficent and felxible language (like C) that also allowed high level features for program optimization.
  • Python

    Python is a general purpose programming language that a design that emphasises readability.
  • Delphi

    Delphi's original author was Borland. It was originally designed as a rapid application development tool for windows. It is an integrated development environment for console, desktop graphical, web, and mobile applications.
  • Java

    Java is a program that is designed around being Write Once and Run Anywhere. It was designed by James Gosling and Sun Microsystems and appeared in 1995.
  • Javascript

    Javscript is a dynamic computer programming language that is most commonly used in web browsers to allow interaction with the user. it was designed by Brenden Eich and developed by the Netscape Communications Corporation,and the Mozilla Foundation
  • PHP

    PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for web development but can aslo double as a general purpose programming language. It was designed by Rasmus Ledorf and developed by the PHP group.
  • Visual Basic

    Visual Basic is a third generation object oriented laguage. It was designed by Microsoft with the intent of being relatively easy to use.
  • RPG

    RPG is a high level programming language primarilly used for business applications. RPG stands for Report Program Geneator.
    It was Developed by IBM