1.2 Programming Languages Timeline

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  • Plabkalkul

    Designed to be a programming language for engineering purposes.
    Developed by Konrad Zuse.

  • MATH-MATIC

    Marketing name for the AlgebraicTranslation-3.
    Early programming language written by Charles Katz.

  • Fortran

    Developed by John Backus
    The world's first high-level programming language.
    Stands for Formula Translation.

  • Lisp

    Developed by Steve Russell.
    Acronym for list processing.

  • COBOL

    Acronym for Common Business Oriented Language.
    One of the first high-level programming languages created.
    Developed by Grace Murray Hopper.

  • RPG

    High-level programming language for business applications.
    Developed by IBM.

  • BASIC

    An acronym for Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
    Developed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz.

  • LOGO

    Derived from the Greek Logos meaning thought.
    Developed by Wally Feurzeig.
    Designed as a tool for learning.

  • PASCAL

    Developed by Niklaus Wirth.
    Developed on the pattern of the ALGOL 60 language.

  • B

    Derived from BCPL and could be a contraction of BCPL. Also thought to be a contraction of Bon.
    Developed by D.M. Ritchie and Ken Thompson.

  • C

    Also stems from BCPL.
    Developed by Dennis Ritchie.
    The goal was to develop an operating system for a large computer.

  • ML

    Meta-Language is a general purpose programming language.
    Designed by Robin Milner.

  • C++

    Created for the use of simulations and designed with a bias toward system programming.
    Developed by Bjarne Stroustrup.

  • SQL

    Structured English Query Language, originally SEQUEL.
    Developed by ISO/IEC

  • ADA

    Named after Augusta Ada King.
    Developed for the U.S. Department of Defense for large-scale programming.

  • Python

    Developed by Guido Van Rossum.
    Designed as a successor to the ABC language.

  • Visual Basic

    Connects the programming language to a graphic user interface.
    Developed by Microsoft.

  • PHP

    Developed by Rasmus Lerdorf.
    Acronym for Personal Home Page.
    Developed for use in monitoring personal information.

  • Javascript

    Developed by Brendan Eich.
    Developed under the name Mocha, released as LiveScript and renamed Javascript.
    Written in 10 days.

  • Delphi

    Object Oriented language and an Integrated Development Environment programming language.

  • Java

    Developed by James Gosling.
    Derived mainly from C and C++.