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Plankalkul
Developed by Konrad Zuse, means "formal system for planning". Provides a data structure called generalized graph, which can be used to represent geometrical structures. -
MATH-MATIC
Developed by Charles Katz for UNIVAC 1 AND UNIVAC 2. Provided algebraic-style expressions. -
Fortran
Developed by IBM for scientific and engineering applications, was the basis for all the other languages. -
Lisp
Developed by John McCarthy. A language for artificial intelligence research. -
COBOL
Designed by CODESYL to process data for business use. -
RPG
Developed by IBM as a tool to replicate punched card processing. -
BASIC
Designed by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz. Supported straightforward mathematical work. The name "BASIC" comes from the unpublished paper by Thomas Kurtz. -
LOGO
Designed by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon, named because of Greek word "logos". Used for turtle graphics. -
PASCAL
Designed by Niklaus Wirth. Used structured programming and data structuring to encourage good programming practices. Named after Blaise Pascal. -
B
Developed by Bell Labs. Designed for recursive, non-numeric, machine-independent applications. -
ML
Developed by Robert Milner. ML provides pattern matching for function arguments, garbage collection, imperative programming, etc. -
SQL
Developed by Donald Chamberlin and Raymond Boyce for managing data held in a relational database management system. -
C
Developed by Dennis Ritchie mainly to be complied using a relatively straightforward compiler and provide low-level access to memory. -
ADA
ADA is developed by Jean Ichbiah and named after Ada Lovelace (first programmer). It improves code safety and maintainbility. -
C++
Developed by Bjarne Stroustrup as an extension of C, to solve coding problems more efficiently then C. -
Java
Developed by James Gosling, named after Java Cafe. General-purposed, runs on all platforms that support Java without a need for recompilation. -
Python
Developed by Guido van Rossum. Provides constructs that enable clear programming on small and large scales. -
Visual Basic
Developed by Alan Cooper for an easy learning curve. -
PHP
Developed by Rasmus Lerdorf. Suited for web development, focused on server-side scripting. -
Delphi
Developed by Borland as a rapid application development tool for Windows. Its name is a reference to the Oracle at Delphi. -
Javascript
Developed by Brendan Eich. Provides validations at client side. Embedded in other types of host software, including also server-side in web servers and data bases.