Programming Languages

By Amaroq
  • Plankalkül developed

    designed by Konrad Zuse
    used for engineering purposes
  • FORTRAN developed

    developed by John Backus
    general-purpose language
    stands for Formula Translating System
  • MATH-MATIC

    created by Charles Katz
    early language for the UNIVAC
  • LISP

    developed by John McCarthy
    created as a practical matematical notation for programs
    LISt Processing
  • COBOL developed

    Common Business Oriented Language
    used in business as the name suggests
    developed by Grace Hopper
  • IBM RPG

    developed by IBM
    Report Program Generator
    meant to replicate punch card processing
  • BASIC developed

    BASIC = Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
    developed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz
    language specializing in ease of use
  • LOGO developed

    developed by Wally Feurzeig and Seymour Papert
    adaptation of LISP
    used for educaiton
  • B developed

    (site only allows full dates, not completely accurate)
    developed by DM Ritchie and KL Thompson
    used for non-numeric applications
  • C developed

    general-purpose language (used for many things)
    developed by Dennis Ritchie
  • Pascal published

    developed by Niklaus Wirth
    imperative and procedural programming language
  • ML developed

    stands for mentalanguage
    developed by Robin Milner and others at the University of Edinburgh
    made to develop proofs
  • SQL developed

    stands for Structured Query Language
    designed by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce
    used for managing data
  • C++ developed

    developed by Bjarne Stroustrup
    improved version of C
  • ADA developed

    (site only allows full dates, not completely accurate)
    used for large applications
    named after Augusta Ada Lovelace
    developed by team led by Dr. Jean Ichbiah
  • Delphi developed

    developed largely by Apple
    called Delphi Object Pascal
    used for the Mac
  • Python developed

    designed by Guido van Rossum
    meant to be easily readable and be able to do things with fewer lines of code
  • Visual Basic developed

    developed by Microsoft
    meant to be easy to use; uses a drag-and-drop form structure
  • Java developed

    designed by James Gosling and Sun Microsystems
    meant to be runnable on any platform without being recomiled
  • Javascript developed

    Developed by Brendan Eich
    used for web design
  • PHP developed

    designed Rasmus Lerdorf
    used for web development
    originally stood for personal home page