Proglanguages

2.1.5 Programming Languages Timeline

  • Plankalkul

    Plankalkul
    Konrad Zuse developed this mainly for the purpose of engineering.
  • Fortran

    Fortran
    John Backus primarly made this computer program for scientific and mathmatical applicaions. The acronym for this program language is Formula Translator.
  • Math-Matic

    Math-Matic
    Grace Hopper was the designer for this program language. The primary purpose of this program is that it would be easier if you used English words instead of numbers for the program.
  • LISP

    LISP
    Acronym: List Processing Language. This program was developed by John McCarthy. The purpose of LISP is to give a mathematical theory its own definition.
  • COBOL

    COBOL
    Acronym: Common Business Oriented Language. This program language was created by a group of computer professionals called the Conference on Data Systems Languages. This program was primarily designed for commerical uses.
  • BASIC

    BASIC
    Acronym: Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz developed this program together.The purpose of this program was for non-computer science people to have a easy going program before they got into the more complex ones.
  • RPG

    RPG
    Acronym: Report Program Generator. It was created by IBM. The prupose of this program is to create business applications.
  • LOGO

    LOGO
    Acronym: Logic Oriented Graphic Oriented. Seymour Papert created this program. The purpose of this program language is for children to understand math in a more simpler way with computer graphics.
  • B

    B
    D.M. Ritchie and K.L. Thompson created this program language together. Primary use for this program is for system programming instead of numeric.
  • PASCAL

    PASCAL
    Niklaus Wirth created this program. The purpose of this program language was to teach students a simpler wasy of programming.
  • C

    C
    Dennis Ritchie created this program language. It is primarily used for writing compilers and operating systems.
  • ML

    ML
    Acronym: Meta Language. The creator of this computer language is Robin Milner. The purpose of this language is for mathematical expressions.
  • SQL

    SQL
    Acronym: Structured Query Language. The creator of this program is by IBM. The purpose of this particalur program is that you can store excessive amounts of query data in a database.
  • ADA

    ADA
    Dr. Jean Ichbiah is the creator of this program. The purpose of this computer language is that you can use it for everything dealing with business to numbers.
  • C++

    C++
    Acronym: C Object - Oriented Programming Language. Bjarne Stroustrup is the creator of this program language. The purpose of this program is the use of graphics and software engineering.
  • Python

    Python
    Guido Van Rossum created this program. The purpose of this program language is to enhance readability.
  • Visual Basic

    Visual Basic
    This program language is created by Microsoft. The purpose of this program is to help build detailed applications and it is a graphical program.
  • Java

    Java
    James Gosling is the creator of this program language. The purpose is to allow video game consoles and VCR's to communicate to each other.
  • PHP

    PHP
    Rasmus Lerdorf created this program language. The purpose of this computer language is to design web pages and websites.
  • Delphi

    Delphi
    The creator of this program is Borland Delphi. The purpose of this computer language is designed for Microsoft Windows.
  • Javascript

    Javascript
    Brendan Eich is the creator of this computer language. The purpose of this computer language is similar to Java but it foces more on making webpages look more vibrant an clear