Programming Languages Timeline

Plankalkul

Nov 10, 1943

Konrad Zuse created Plankkalkul, The Purpose of Plankalkul was to prove computer could do more than arithmetic.

Fortran ( FORmula TRANslation)

Apr 12, 1957

John Backus created FORmula TRANslation AKA . Fortran was designed to be a simpler way to communicate with computers.

Math-matic

Sep 1, 1957

Math-Matic was released by the Rand Corporation; it was invented to improve ForTran.

COBOL (Common business Oriented Language)

May 28, 1958

COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) was created by Conference on Data Systems Language. COBOl was a high level language designed for commercial use.

Lisp ( LISt Processing)

Sep 1, 1958

John McCaethy developed Lisp the second oldest programing language. Lisp is an abbreviation of LISt Processing. Lisp was designed to easily manipulate data string. "What Is LISP (list Processing)? - Definition from WhatIs.com." SearchSOA. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Sept. 2015

RPG ( Report Program Generator)

Nov 14, 1959

RPG (Report Program Generator) was developed for punch card machines by IBM.

BASIC ( Beginners All Purpose Symbiotic Instruction Code)

May 1, 1964

John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtzas developed the programming language BASIC ( Beginners All Purpose Symbiotic Instruction Code). The language was designed to create a simple code that could be taught to people easily.

LOGO (LOGO Thinking)

Sep 1, 1967

LOGO was created by a team at MIT. LOGO was invented to introduce kids to programming. LOGO means Logo Thinking.

B

Sep 3, 1969

Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie developed B at AT&T Bell Telephone. The purpose of B was system development, not numeric computation.

SQL ( Structured English Query Language)

Mar 14, 1970

SQL ( Structured English Query language) was constructed by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce. It was designed for a specific database queries called SEQUEL later on it was adapted to be used to build other databasses and manage security of the dataabases.

PASCAL

Sep 1, 1971

Niklaus Wirth developed PASCAL. Niklaus Wirth named his language Pascal in honor of Blaise Pascal a French mathematician and philosopher. Pascal was developed to for teaching programming as a systematic discipline, to develop reliable and efficient programs.

C

Sep 9, 1972

Dennis Ritchie brought C programming lanuguage into in existence. He named the new language C because it followed the programming language B by Bell Labs. The programming language C was developed to be a high level cross-platform language.

ML (metalanguage)

Oct 5, 1973

Robin Milner and others developed ML. ML stands for metalanguage. It was created too develop proof tactics.

Python

Sep 3, 1980

Guido Van Rossum created Python at CWI, Rossum wanted to develop a program that was generally extensive.

ADA

Dec 10, 1980

Jean Ichbiah created the Ada programming language; it was designed to fulfill the requirements of the military the language had to be legible, efficient, proven and expressive. The government chose the name of the language. They chose Ada in honor of Augusta Ada Byron.

C++

Oct 17, 1985

Bjarne Stroustrup created C++ in attempts to make Simula language as efficient as C language.

Visual Basic

Sep 3, 1991

Alan Cooper created Visual Basics. Visual Basics was originally develop to make it easier to write programs for windows computer operating systems. It is a object orientated program language.

PHP

Mar 21, 1994

Rasmus Lerdorf created PHP ( Hypertext Processor), PHP is designed for web development, it can also be used as a general purpose programing lanaguage.

Delphi

Feb 8, 1995

Borland invented Delphi

JavaScript

Sep 1, 1995

Netscape Navigator invented JavaScript; the purpose of JavaScript was to create dynamic and interactive content. like pop windows .

Java

Sep 1, 1995

Sun Microsystems Inc. came up with Java on the search to allow consumer electronic devices communicate.