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Plankalkul Programming Language
Created by Konrad Zuse
Built to solve numerical and logical problems for the never created Logic Source:
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.103.3720&rep=rep1&type=pdf -
Math-Matic Programming Language
Created by Grace Hopper
Made as a compiler for information Source:
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FORTRAN Programming Language
Made by John Backus
Used for calculating on a large scale
FORTRAN stands for Mathematical FORmula TRANslating System Source:
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LISP Programming Language
Created by John McCarthy
Made to solve functions efficiently by plugging data into it's equations
LISP stands for List Processor Source:
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COBOL Programming Language
COBOL stands for Common Business Orientated Language
Created by Grace Hopper's development team
Made for business and administrative purposes Sources:
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-cobol-programming-history-examples-quiz.html#transcriptHeader
http://www.women-inventors.com/Dr-Grace-Murray-Hopper.asp -
BASIC Programming Language
Stands for: Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
Made by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz
Designed for being an easy-to-learn language Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/technology/BASIC
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RPG Programming Language
Created by the company IBM
Originally used as a commercial and business report creator
RPG stands for Report Program Generator Source:
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Logo Programming Language
Created by Wallace Feurzeig and Seymour Papert
Originally made for programming movements and animations Source:
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B Programming Language
Made by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie
Designed for System Operations, but not numerical operations Sources:
http://www.ithistory.org/resource/b-programming-language
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B Programming Language
Created by Ken Thompson with the help of Dennis Ritchie.
Used for system operations instead of numerical operations. Sources:
http://www.ithistory.org/resource/b-programming-language
https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/bintro.html -
Pascal Programming Language
Created by Nicklaus Wirth
It is generally used to teach techniques used in programming
Named after Blaise Pascal Source:
https://www.techopedia.com/definition/3940/pascal -
C Programming Language
Made by Dennis Ritchie
Developed for creating operating systems and similar. Sources
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ML Programming Language
Created by Robin Milner
ML stands for Meta Language
Made for processing formulas and similar data Source:
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/mfourman/teaching/mlCourse/notes/L01.pdf
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Robin-Milner#ref1069571 -
SQL Programming Language
Created by the company IBM with Edgar F. Codd's ideas.
Used for retrieving information and managing databases
SQL stands for Structured Query Language Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/technol
https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-sql-and-uses-2071909 -
C++ Programming Language
Made by Bjarne Stroustrup over time
Built to be Object-Oriented Source:
http://www.cplusplus.com/info/history/ -
Ada Programming Language
Named after Ada Lovelace
Made by a team led by Jean Ichbiah
Used for embedded systems Sources:
https://www.adacore.com/about-ada
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Ada -
Python Programming Language
Created by Guido van Rossum
Created to be a scripting language and support multiple platforms Source:
https://www.packtpub.com/books/content/brief-history-python -
Visual Basic Programming Language
Created by the company Microsoft
It was created to make quickly make easy programs on Windows Source:
https://www.thoughtco.com/about-vib-and-about-this-site-3424549 -
PHP Programming Language
Created by Rasmus Lerdorf
Made to develop web applications
PHP stands for Personal Home Page Source:
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Delphi Programming Language
Created by the company Borland
Made for structured, object-oriented design Source
https://prezi.com/ybdnygv9f2ri/history-and-development-of-delphi-programming-language/ -
Java Programming Language
Made by James Gosling
The original purpose was to be a language for all systems
Sources:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/javahistory-index-198355.html
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Javascript Programming Language
Created by Brendan Eich
Made to be imbeded in websites to change and modify their looks and behaviors Source:
http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/jshistory.html