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Fortran developed
Computer scientist John Backus, with the assistance of his superiors at IBM, develops the programming language Fortran, which allows the end user to quickly write computer programs. -
Lisp developed
Computer scientist John McCarthy develops the programing language Lisp while at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which allows the end user to create interacitve and easily maintainable computer programs. -
COBOL developed
Computer scientist Jean E. Sammet (Sylvania Electric Products) develops the programming language COBOL, which allows for the creation of easy to understand computer programs. -
Pascal developed
Computer scientist Niklaus Wirth develops the programming language Pascal, a programming language which is both easy to comprehend and debug. -
C developed
Computer scientist Dennis Ritchie (AT&T Bell Labs) develops the programming language C, which allows for the development of firmware and portable application software. -
C++ developed
Computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup develops the C++ programming language, which allows for the efficient and flexible development of system software. -
Objective-C developed
Computer scientists Brad Cox and Tom Love develop the Objective-C programming language, adding Smalltalk-type messaging to the existing C programming language allowing for the development of easy to comprehend yet sophisticated programs. -
Perl developed
Computer programmer Larry Wall develops the Perl programming language, which allows easy manipulation of text files due to powerful text processing facilities without unspecified data limits. -
Python developed
Computer programmer Guido van Rossum develops the Python programming language used for processing several types of data and multimedia such as images and numbers. -
Ruby developed
Computer scientist Yukhiro Matsumoto, drawing inspiration from other programming languages such as Perl, develops the programming language Ruby, which allows for readable and simple computer programs. -
Java Developed
Computer scientist James Gosling develops the programming language Java, which allows for the development of cross-platform computer programs. -
PHP developed
Computer programmer Ramsus Lerdorf develops the PHP programming language, which allows for the development of dynamic Web pages. -
JavaScript developed
Technologist Brendan Eich develops the JavaScript programming language, which allows easy to implement user interfaces which improve user experince, even when offline.
