Programming Languages Timeline

  • Plankalkul

    Designed for engineering purposes by Konrad Zuse between
  • Fortran

    Fortran was created by John Backus to make programming accessible for everyone
  • Lisp

    Created by John McCarthy at MIT, unknown purpose of lisp.
  • COBOL

    COBOL stands for common business-oriented language, created by CODASYL.
  • RPG

    Created by IBM in the late 1960's as a High level programming language for business applications.
  • BASIC

    BASIC stands for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. Created by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz. Created for easy use at a high level.
  • PASCAL

    An imperative and procedural programming language, which Niklaus Wirth developed.
  • B

    B was created by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie, its name is thought to be a contraction from BCPL. Made for machine independent applications for system and language software. Non-numeric and recursive.
  • C

    Created by Dennis Ritchie, and was created to re-implement UNIX!!
  • SQL

    Structured Query Language, a special-purpose programming language designed for managing data held in a DBMS.
  • ADA

    Created by Jean Ichbiah and was created for the United State's Department of Defense. It was named after Ada Lovelace.
  • C++

    C++ is an extension of the C programming language. Created by Bjarne Stroustrup, for high level features for program organization.
  • Python

    Created by Guido van Rossum at CWI in the Netherlands as a successor to the ABC programming language capable of exception handling and interfacing with the Amoeba operating system.
  • Visual Basic

    The drag and drop design for creating the user interface is derived from a prototype form generator developed by Alan Cooper and his company called Tripod. Now used in classes.
  • PHP

    Created by Rasmus Lerdorf, a server-side scripting language designed primarily for web development
  • Java

    Developed by James Gosling. a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform.
  • Delphi

    Developed by Borland, was used for mobile devices and laptops.
  • JavaScript

    By Brendan Eich, it was created within ten days.