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Jaquard Loom
◾The Jaquard loom, which uses punch cards to store weaving designs, was invented. The idea of storing data on punched paper cards would later influence computer design. The first computers used punch cards in their programming. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/jacquard.htm -
Short Code
◾Short Code was first programming language. It was developed, based on Von Neumann’s ideas.The bad thing about this is someone had to translate the program in binary by hand. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232652381_The_univac_short_code -
Autocode
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APL
◾APL, a language with its own unique character set was released. It requiring its own keyboard or input device. It was released by Kenneth Iverson. http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/programming/ -
APL60
◾APL60, a Terminal System for APL, was released. http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/programming/ -
Fortran, LISP, and LOGO
A couple of things happened including, FORTRAN 66's release, LISP 2's release, and work begins on LOGO. http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/programming/ -
C manual
During this time the definitive reference manual for C is published and ANSI releases another COBOL specification. http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/programming/ -
Design System
The Design System Language is released. The language had a major impact on PostScript during this time. http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/programming/ -
C with Classes
◾The early version of C++, called “C with Classes” is developed by Bjarne Stroustup. http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/programming/ -
A Busy Year
This was a busy year because the first C compilers for microcomputers are released, the first implementation of C++ appears, Turbo Pascal is released,and Objective-C is released. http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/programming/ -
C++ 2.0
A draft reference C++ 2.0 is released. This version adds multiple inheritance, along with many other features. http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/programming/ -
Java and Python
During this time work began on Java and Python was invented. http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/programming/ -
C++ Standard
ISO releases the first C++ standard. http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/programming/ -
PHP 5
◾PHP 5, is the current version of PHP language gets released. http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/programming/ -
Apple and Facebook
Apple released Swift, based on Objective-C and Facebook released Hack, based on PHP. http://www.whoishostingthis.com/resources/programming/