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Plankalkul
Created by Konrad Zuse, it was designed for engineering purposes. -
Fortran
Derived from the phrase "Formula Translation." Created by John Backus. It was developed for scientific and engineering applications. -
Lisp
Derived from LISt Processor and was designed by John McCarthy. It was created as a practical mathematical notation for computer programs. -
COBOC
Stands for "Common Business-Oriented Language and was created by Grace Hopper. It was designed for the United States department of Defense in order to create a portable language for data processing. -
RPG
Designed by IBM as a proprietary programming language for their hardware. Short for "Report Program Generator." -
Basic
Designed by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz and stands for "Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code." It was designed for easier use of languages. -
LOGO
Designed by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, and Cynthia Soloman. Derived from the greek word "logos." It was designed to teach concepts related to Lisp. -
Pascal
Created by Niklaus Wirth, it was designed to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring. -
B
Designed by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. The name "B" is derived from BCPL. (Basic Combined Programming Language) It was designed for system and language software. -
C
Created by Dennis Ritchie and was designed to be compiled using a relatively straightforward compiler and to provide low-level access to memory. -
MATH-MATIC
Also known as the AT-3, (Algebraic Translator 3) it was made by Charles Katz to be used for the UNIVAC 1. -
ML
Short for "Meta Language," it was created by Robin Milner. It was used for programming language research. -
SQL
Stands for Structured Query Language, it was created by Donald D. Chamberlin. It was designed for managing data held in a database management system. -
ADA
Designed by Jean Ichbiah and was intended for real-time embedded systems programming -
C++
Created by Bjarne Stroustrup and was made for system programming with performance, efficiency, and flexibility in mind. -
Python
Created by Guido van Rossum, it was designed for code readability and to code with fewer lines. -
Visual Basic
Created by Microsoft, it was designed to be an easy language to learn and use. Derived from the Basic language. -
PHP
Created by Rasmus Lerdford, it was designed for web development. -
Java
Created by James Gosling and was designed to have few implementation dependencies -
Delphi
Language based on Pascal. Created by software company Borland. It was made for easy use of programming languages. -
Javascript
Usually abbreviated "JS," it was created by Brendan Eich and was designed as a world wide web content producer to make webpages interactive.