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Plankalkul
Designed for engineering purposes in 1948 by Konrad Zuse. -
Fortran
Developed by John Backus in 1957. Primarily used for numeric computation and scientific computing. -
MATH-MATIC
Marketing name for the AT-3 compiler. Early programming language for UNIVAC I and UNIVAC II developed in 1957 by Charles Katz. -
Lisp
Lisp was originally created as a practical mathematical notation for computer programs that was developed by John McCarthy in 1958. Lisp stands for LISt Processing. -
COBOL
COmmon Business- Oriented Language developed in 1959 by Grace Hopper. Primary domain in business , finance, and administrative systems for companies and governments. -
RPG
Report Program Generator. A tool to replicate punched card processing on the IBM 1401 developed in 1959 by IBM. -
BASIC
Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. Originally designed as an interactive mainframe timesharing language by John Kemeney and Thomas Kurtz in 1963. -
LOGO
Logo was created in 1967 for educational use, more so for constructivist teaching, by Daniel G. Bobrow, Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papertand Cynthia Solomon. The name is derived from the Greek logos meaning word. -
B
Developed by Ken Thompson in 1969 for primarily non-numeric applications such as system programming. -
PASCAL
Intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring. Developed in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth.Named after the famous mathematician Pascal. -
C
Primary function was to program the Unix operating system. Developed by Dennis Ritchie in 1972. -
ML
ML, or metalanguage, was conceived to develop proof tactics in the LCF theorem prover in 1973 by Robert Milner -
SQL
Designed for managing data in relational database management systems. Developed in 1974 by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce. SQL stands for Structured English Query Language. -
ADA
Developed by Jean Ichbiah in 1980, ADA was designed for large, long-lived applications where reliability and efficiency are essential. -
C++
Developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1981, it was used to add object orientation to C while remaining compatible with it and thus preserving its advantages. -
Python
Python is often used as a scripting language that was developled in 1991 by Guido van Rossum. -
Visual Basic
Visual Basic was developed in 1991 by Microsoft. The purpose was to make programming easier for an average person. -
Javascript
Developed in 1994 by Brendan Eich, it is commonly implemented as part of a web browser in order to create enhanced user interfaces and dynamic websites. -
Delphi
Developed by the company Borland in 1995, The language is used for console, desktop graphical, web, and mobile apps. -
Java
Developed in1995 by James Gosling and Sun Microsystems, it was designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible and the ability to run anywhere. -
PHP
Designed as a server-side scripting language designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages.Developed in 1995 by Rasmus Lerdorf.