Programming Language Timeline

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  • Plankalkul

    German language made for engineering purposes.

  • Fortran

    Derived from FORTRAN, Formula Translating System, numeric computation, used for scientific computing.

  • Math-Matic

    Intended as a replacement for Fortran.

  • Lisp

    originally created as a practical mathematical notation for computer programs, LISt Processor

  • RPG

    an IBM proprietary language, Report Program Generator, used for business applications

  • COBOL

    Common Business Oriented Language, primarily used in business, finance, and administrative systems

  • Basic

    Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, used on micro computers.

  • LOGO

    educational programming language

  • B

    designed for recursive, non-numeric, machine independent applications.

  • Pascal

    small and efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices

  • C

    used to re implement the unix operating system, one of the most widely used programs, developed by Dennis Ritchie

  • ML

    metalanguage, conceived to develop proof tactics in the LCF theorem prover

  • SQL

    Special Query Language, special purpose language for managing data held in a Relational Database Management System

  • ADA

    Named after Ada Lovelace, who is credited as being the first computer programmer. Developed by the DoD to supersede other languages. Extended from pascal.

  • C++

    designed with a bias towards system programming

  • Python

    high level language, express concepts in fewer lines of code,used to develop OS’s

  • Visual Basic

    developed by Microsoft, derived from Basic, used to create applications

  • Delphi

    Delphi's compilers use their own Object Pascal dialect of Pascal and generate native code for several platforms:32-bit and 64-bit Windows, 32-bit Mac OS X, iOS and Android.

  • Java

    “write once run anywhere” , code can run on all platforms that support java general-purpose computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented

  • JavaScript

    high level, dynamic, one of the three essential technologies of the World Wide Web

  • PHP

    designed for web development and general programming, Personal Home Page