programming languages

By TuckerB

  • COBOL

    • An acronym for common business-oriented language
    • created in 1959 by Howard Bromberg, and several others
    • COBOL Is a compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use. It is imperative, procedural and, since 2002, object-oriented. COBOL is primarily used in business, finance, and administrative systems for companies and governments

  • BASIC

    -Acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
    -Designed by in 1964 John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz
    -BASIC is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use

  • Logo

    -Logo is not an acronym. It was derived from the Greek logos meaning word or thought to distinguish itself from other programming languages that were primarily numbers, not graphics or logic, oriented.
    - Designed in 1967 by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon.
    - Logo is an educational programming language

  • C

    -Why the language was named “C” by its creator was that it came after B language. Back then, Bell Labs already had a programming language called “B” at their disposal. The B language, a high-level language created by Thompson
    -Designed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie
    -C is a general-purpose, imperative computer programming language, supporting structured programming, lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system prevents many unintended operations.

  • C++

    • It was originally called “C with Classes,” ++" is shorthand for adding 1 to a number in programming, so C++ roughly means “one better than C.
    • C++ was a programming language developed in (1979) by a Danish programmer
    • C++ is a general-purpose programming language. It has imperative, object-oriented and generic programming features, while also providing facilities for low-level memory manipulation.

  • Python

    -When he began implementing Python, Guido van Rossum was also reading the published scripts from “Monty Python's Flying Circus”. Van Rossum thought he needed a name that was short, unique, and slightly mysterious, so he decided to call the language Python.
    -Guido van Rossum wrote python in 1989
    -Python is an interpreted high-level programming language for general-purpose programming.

  • Visual Basic

    -The design for the user interface is derived from a prototype form generator Microsoft wanted to develop it into a programmable form system under the code name Ruby Tripod did not include a programming language Microsoft combined Ruby with the BASIC language to create Visual Basic
    - Designed by Microsoft in 1991
    -Visual Basic is a third-generation event-driven programming language and Integrated Development Environment from Microsoft
    Microsoft wanted Visual Basic to be for beginners

  • PHP

    -recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
    -designed by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994
    -PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for web development but also used as a general-purpose programming language.

  • Java

    -It’s named after the coffee
    -James gosling implemented Java in 1995
    -Java is a general-purpose computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.

  • Javascript

    -prototype based so it uses the name of a previous version
    -written by Brendan Eich in 1995
    -JS, is a high-level, dynamic, weakly typed, prototype-based, multi-paradigm, and interpreted programming language.
    It is used to make webpages interactive and provide online programs, including video games.