Programming Languages

By bshunt

  • Plankalkul

    Plankalkul, or Plan Calculus, was a language designed soley for Engineering purposes. It was designed by Konrad Zuse in 1948.

  • Fortran

    Fortran is a general purpose language that is primarily used in numerical and scientific computations. It was developed by John Backus and IBM. Fortran is a blend for the IBM Mathematical FORmula TRANslating System.

  • MATH-MATIC

    Created by Charles Katz, was intended to be a improvement over FORTRAN. Original coding used for UNIVAC.

  • Lisp

    The second oldest programming language still in use today, Lisp was originally created for the pupose of mathmatical notation. However, it quickly became popular in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Lisp gets its name from LISt Processing. It was developed by John McCarthy and Steve Russell.

  • COBOL

    Primarily developed by Grace Hopper, COBOL is one of the oldest programming languages. COBOL is an acronym for COmmom Business-Oriented Language. Its primarily used in business and finances.

  • RPG

    RPG is a high level programming language mainly used for business applications. it was developed by ibm in 1959. RPG stands for Report Program Generator.

  • BASIC

    General purpose, high level language noted for its "eae of use". Multiple version of BASIC exist. Developed by John George Kemeny.

  • LOGO

    LOGO was developed Wall Feurzeig for educational usage. Its is widely known for its "turtle graphics". It was largely influenced by the Lisp programming language.

  • B

    Programming language developed at Bell Labs, now extinct and superseded by C. Developed by Ken Thompson.

  • PASCAL

    Pascal is an influential language intended to encourage good programming practices using data structuring. It was invented by Niklaus Wirth.

  • C

    One of the most widely used languages of all time, most notably in operating systemes. Developed by Dennis Ritchie.

  • ML

    Conceived to develop proof tactics, ML is a general purpose language invented by Robin Milner. ML is an abbreviation for MetaLanguage.

  • SQL

    SQL is a special purpose software made for managing data in database managment systems. SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It was developed by ISO/IEC in 1974.

  • ADA

    Designed for the United States DoD in the year 1980. Named after Ada Lovelace. Developed by Jean Ichbiah.

  • C++

    General purpose intermidiate level programming language. Developed by Bjarne Stoutstrup. Used in variety of OS platforms.

  • Python

    Python is a general-purpose programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes readability with a clear syntax. It was developed by Guido Van Rossum.

  • Visual Basic

    Visual Basic is a language derived from BASIC that enables the user to rapidly develop Graphical User Interfaces , data objescts, and ActiveX controls. It was developed by Microsoft in 1991.

  • JavaScript

    JavaScript is a open-source scripting language designed primarily for the use of web browsers and the enhancement of GUIs and dynamics for websites. It was designed by Brendan Eich.

  • Delphi

    The successor to Turbo Pascal, Delphi targeted Win16 and later Win32. It used new syntax using the keyword class in preference to object. It was developed by Borland Software.

  • Java

    Developed by James Gosling, Java was meant to be a "write on run anywhere" language that could run on a virtual machine regardless of the Operating System. It is a General purpose, class based language, and happens to be my personal favorite.

  • PHP

    PHP is a server-side, open-source language thats primary use is for web pages. It was invented by Rasmus Lerdorf.