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Plankalkul or Plan Calculus
By Konrad Zuse
For theoretical preconditions for the solution to general problems -
FORTRAN or Formula Translation
By John Backus
For programming scientific or mathematical applications -
Period: to
MATH-MATIC
By Charles Katz
For algebraic expressions -
COBOL or Common Business Oriented Language
By Conference on Data Systems Languages
Used for business problems and function -
RPG or Report Program Generator
By IBM
To replicate card punching -
BASIC or Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
By John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtzas
For students to learn the programming language -
Lisp
By John McCarthy
Used for artificial intelligence -
Period: to
PASCAS
By Professor Niklaus Wirth
Used to teach programming techniques to college students -
LOGO
By Seymour Papert
Drawing computer program for children -
B
By Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie
For mini computers and system development -
Period: to
SQL or Structured Query Language
By Raymond Boyce and Donald Chamberlin
For database -
C
By Dennis Ritchie
For a flexible language in programming -
ML
By Robin Milner
Specifying theorem provers -
Period: to
C++
By Bjarne Stroustrup
To provide Simula's facilities with C flexibility for system programming -
Period: to
ADA
Dr. Jean Ichbiah
For large, long-lived applications -
Period: to
JAVA
From Oak
Used for internet and web browsers -
Python
By Guido van Rossum
For software engineering and string processing -
Period: to
Visual Basic
By Alan Cooper
A form building application -
PHP or Personal Home Page
By Rasmus Lordorf
For database interactions -
Delphi
By Borland
Used with windows and Microsoft VB -
Javascript
By Brendan Eich
Used for web pages and browsers