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  • Plankalkul

    Plankalkul
    Developed by Konrad Zuse. The purpose of Plankalkul is to have a prgramming language designed for engineering processes.
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  • Fortran

    Fortran
    Developed by John Backus. The Purpose of Fortran is numeric computing and scientific computing.
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  • MATH-MATIC

    MATH-MATIC
    Developed by Remington Rand. The purpose of MATH-MATIC was to have a programming language for UNIVAC I and UNIVAC II.
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  • Lisp

    Lisp
    Developed by Steve Russel and Mike Levin. The purpose of lisp was to have a practical mathematical notation for computers.
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  • COBOL

    COBOL
    Developed by CODASYL. COBOL stands for common business-oriented language.The purpose of COBOL is for business use.
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  • BASIC

    BASIC
    Developed by John G. Kemeney and Thomas E. Kurtz.
    BASIC stands for beginners all-purpose symbolic instruction code.
    The purpose of BASIC was to enable students in fields other than science and math to use computers.
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  • LOGO

    LOGO
    Developed by Wally Feurzeig and Seymour Papert. LOGO is not a acronym. The purpose of LOGO was an educational programming language and it is most know for its use in turtule graphics.
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  • B

    B
    Developed by Ken Thompson. The main purpose of B was to use non numeric programing for example system programming.
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  • PASCAL

    PASCAL
    Developed by Niklaus Wirth. PASCAL not an acronym but named after Blaine Pascal. The purpose of PASCAL is to have a small efficient language that encourages good programing practices.
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  • C

    C
    Developed by Dennis Ritchie. The purpose of C was to have a fast programming language that is almost as quick as assembly language by also portable.
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  • ML

    ML
    Developed by Robin Milner. ML stand for metalanguage. ML is a general purpose function programming language.
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  • ADA

    ADA
    Ada is not an acronym but is named after the man who is regarded as the worlds first programmer.
    The language was developed by Dr. Jean Ichbiah and his team.
    The primary purpose of the language is to create high security domains. Information:Link

  • C++

    C++
    Developed by Bjarne Stroustrup. The purpose of C++ was to redevelop the C language with the property of classes.
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  • SQL

    SQL
    Developed by ISO. SQL stands for structured query language. The purpose of SQL is to maintain data held in a relational database management system.
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  • Python

    Python
    Developed by Python Software Foundation. Python is a general purpose programming language that is an interpreted language.
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  • Java

    Java
    Developed by Sun Microsystems. The purpose of Java is to have a general purpose programming language while not having many dependencies.
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  • Javascirpt

    Javascirpt
    Developed by Brendan Eich. The purpose of Javascript is to have a multi-paradigm language supporting object oriented, functional, and imperative programming styles.
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  • PHP

    PHP
    Developed by Rasmus Lerdorf. PHP stands for personal home page. The purpose of PHP is to have a server side web development tool.

  • Visual Basic

    Visual Basic
    Developed by Microsoft. The purpose of visual basic was to have an easy to use programming language that had an integrated development environment.
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  • RPG

    RPG
    Developed by IBM. RPG stands for report program generator. The purpose of RPG is to have a proprietary program language for business.
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  • Delphi

    Delphi
    Developed by Embarcadero Technologies. The purpose of Delphi is to design software for desktop, mobile, web, and console applications.
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