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Programming Languages

By mlofton2423

  • Plankalku

    Plankalku
    This language was developed in 1948 by Konrad Zuse. The purpose of it was a traditional system for planning. The name has no significance.

  • MATH-MATIC

    MATH-MATIC
    This language was created in 1952 by Grace Murray Hopper. The purpose was to continue to use algebraic notation for expressions. The name actually gives its purpose.

  • Lisp

    Lisp
    This language was created in 1958 by John McCarthy. The purpose was to influence many languages and work as a processor. The name for this language also is LISp Processing.

  • COBOL

    COBOL
    This language was developed in 1959 by Grace Murray Hooper and her team. It was developed for majority of the business transaction systems running credit cards processing, ATMs, telephone and cell calls as well as other systems. COBOL stands for COmmon Business Oriented Language.

  • RPG

    RPG
    This language was developed in 1959 by IBM. The purpose of this language is to create and improve business applications. The name stands for Report Program Generator.

  • Basic

    Basic
    This language was developed in 1964 by students at Dartmouth College and modified by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The purpose of this was to be a simplified language for those without a strong technical or mathematical background. BASIC stands for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.

  • B

    B
    This language was developed in 1969 by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson. The main purpose was system development rather than about numbers. The B comes from the acronym BCPL.

  • C

    C
    This language was developed in 1969 by Dennis Ritchie. The purpose was to support the Unix operating system. It is known as C because its features were taken from an earlier language called “B”.

  • PASCAL

    PASCAL
    This language was developed in 1970 by Blaise Pascal. The purpose of it was to be a teaching tool and it grew into widespread commercial use. The name comes from the inventor’s last name.

  • ML

    ML
    This language was created in 1973 by Robin Milner and others. This purpose of this is to be a teaching tool as well as support for different programs. The name stands for meta language.

  • SQL

    SQL
    This language was developed in 1974 by Donald Chamberlin and Raymond Boyce. The purpose of this language is to manage data held in a relational database management system or for a stream processing. The name stands for Structured Query Language.

  • Fortran

    Fortran
    This language was developed in 1975 by John Backus. It was developed to perform high-level scientific, mathematical, and statistical computations. Fortran stands for FORmula TRANslation.

  • • ADA

    • ADA
    This language was developed in 1983 by Ada Lovelace. The purpose was to support the US Department of Defense. The name comes from the inventor’s first name.

  • C++

    C++
    This language was developed in 1983 by Bjarne Stroustrup. The purpose was that he wanted to modify C and create something even better, which led to C++, which is considered the most popular programming ever. There is no significance of the name except that instead of just C, it has pluses to show that its better than C.

  • Python

    Python
    This language was developed in 1991 by Monty Python. Guido Van Rossum came in and developed Python to fix problems in the ABC language. The significance of the name comes from the first inventor’s last name.

  • Visual Basic

    Visual Basic
    This language was developed in 1991 by Microsoft. The purpose of this language is to be relatively easy to learn and use by everyone. The end of the name just hints that this is just the basics.

  • Delphi

    Delphi
    This language was developed in 1995 by Borland. The purpose includes producing rapid building or converting an application into a web service. There is no major significance with the name.

  • Java

    Java
    This language was created in 1995 by James Gosling. It was developed to run set top boxes for interactive television. Now, many websites cannot function without it. There is no significance with the name.

  • PHP

    PHP
    This language was developed in 1995 by Rasmus Lerdorf. He made this to replace a set of Peri scripts used to maintain his personal home page. The name used to stand for Personal Home Page.

  • JavaScript

    JavaScript
    This language was created in 1996 by Brendan Eich. It was under the name Mocha. This language uses syntax influenced by that of C and was meant to run on the browser. Now, it is finding use on the server as node.js.