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Math-Matic
Math-Matic was developed by a group led by Charles Katz and was used as an AT-3 compiler, intended to be an improvement over Fortran. -
Fortran
Fortran was developed by John Backus and IBM used it for Scientific and engineering applications such as numerical weather prediction, computational physics, and many other applications. It is also the language used for programs that benchmark the world's fastest super computers. -
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COBOL
Cobol was developed by Grace Hopper, William Selden, Gertrude Tierney, Howard Bromberg, Howard Discount, Vernon Reeves, Jean E. Sammet and was used for Primary application in businesses, finance, and administrative systems for companies and governments. COBOL stands for Common Business-Oriented Language -
BASIC
Basic was developed by John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz and was used for easy creation of programs to run on more powerful computers and was created as a more power replacement to Batch and programs designed in Batch. BASIC stands for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code -
Logo
Logo was developed by Daniel G. Bobrow, Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon and is used for Functional programming -
Pascal
Pascal was created by Niklaus Wirth and is used for encouraging good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring. -
C
C was developed by Dennis Ritchie and is used for designing and implementing system software, widely used for developing portable application software -
SQL
SQL was developed by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce and is used for managing data in relational database management systems. SQL stands for Structured Query Language -
C++
C++ was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup and is used for the creation of system software, application software, device drivers, embedded software, high performance server and client applications, and entertainment software such as video games -
Ada
Ada was developed by Ada 83 - Jean Ichbiah Ada 95 - Tucker Taft Ada 2005 - Tucker Taft and is used mainly in mission-critical applications, such as avionics software because of its reliability -
Visual Basic
Visual Basic was developed by Microsoft and is used for quick and easy ways to learn creation of programs that integrated well with Windows -
Java
Java was developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and is used for creating "write once, run anywhere" applications
