Programming Language Timeline

PLANKALKUL

Feb 13, 1947

Konrad Zuse invented PLANKALKUL.
PLANKALKUL is used for engineering purposes.

Fortran

Feb 13, 1957

Invented by IBM.
Fortran is most widely used language for numerical calculations.

Math-Matic

Feb 13, 1957

Math-matic is invented by Charles Katz.
Math-Matic was used for an improvement over fortran.

LISP

Feb 13, 1958

Invented by John McCarthy .
A symbolic functional recursive language based on lambda-calculus, used especially for AI and symbolic mathematics.

COBOL

Apr 11, 1960

COBOL stands for common business oriented language. CODASYL Committee invented the COBOL in1960.
COBOL is prominent computer language designed specifically for commercial uses.

BASIC

Feb 11, 1963

John G. Kemeny & Thomas E. Kurtz, Dartmouth College invented the Basic programming Language.
BASIC stands for Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
It was designed to provide access to computers for non-science students.

RPG

Feb 13, 1965

RPG stands for Report Program Generator.
Invented by IBM.
RPG is designed to allow easy production of sophisticated large system reports

Logo

Feb 13, 1967

Logo is a multi-paradigm computer programming language used in education.
Logo was created by Seymour Papert along with colleagues at MIT and members of Bolt Beranek & Newman .

C

Feb 11, 1969

AT&T Bell Labs invented the C programming language.
C language was developed for UNIX operating system.

B

Feb 11, 1970

Ken Thompson invented the B programming language.
B was the predecessor of C.
It was used as the systems language on Honeywell's GCOS-3 operating system.

PASCAL

Feb 13, 1970

Pascal is created by Niklaus Wirth .
Pascal is used for simplicity, in reaction to the complexity of ALGOL 68, and intended as a teaching language.

ML

Feb 13, 1970

ML is created by Robin Milner.
ML general-purpose functional programming language.
ML stands for Meta Language.

ADA

Apr 8, 1980

Invented in 1980s .
Jean Ichbiah's team created the ADA language.
ADA programming language id designed for large, long-lived applications.
Named it after Ada Lovelace.

C++

Feb 11, 1983

It's created by Bjarne Stroustrup.
C++ programming languages is an extension of C.
C++ is a powerful general-purpose programming language. It can be used to create small programs or large applications.

SQL

Feb 13, 1989

SQL stands for Structured Query Language.
Created by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce.
SQL is designed for managing data in relational database management systems (RDBMS).

PYTHON

Feb 13, 1989

PYTHON is created by Guido van Rossum.
PYTHON is designed for philosophy emphasizes code readability.

Visual Basic

Feb 13, 1991

Alan Cooper invented the Visual Basic.
Visual Basic is used for developers to create client applications on Windows.

PHP

Feb 13, 1994

PHP is designed for designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages.
PHP is created by Rasmus Lerdorf.

DELPHI

Feb 13, 1995

Developed by Borland.
DELPHI is a tool use for microsoft window applications.

Java

Feb 13, 1995

Invented by James Gosling and Sun Microsystems.
The Java programming Language come from a language named Oak.
Java is specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.

Javascript

Feb 13, 1995

JavaScript was created by Netscape programmer Brendan Eich.
JavaScript is designed for web browsers so that client-side script may interact with the user, control the brower.