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plankul
created by Konrad Zuse and its Purpose was to help solve complex math problems -
fortran
Created by John Backus IBM
the Purpose was to assist in scientific and engineering applications
name derived from formula translation -
MATH-MATIC
Created by Charles Katz
the Purpose was to be an improvement over FORTRAN -
Lisp
Created by John McCarthy, Steve Russell, Timothy P. Hart, and Mike Levin
Purpose was to be a practical mathematical notation for computer programs
name derive from list processing -
COBOL
Created by Grace Hopper, William Selden, Gertrude Tierney, Howard Bromberg, Howard
the Purpose was to be the primary domain in business, finance, and administrative systems for companies and governments.
name means Common Business-Oriented Language -
RPG
Created by IBM
Purpose was to replicate punched card processing on the IBM 1401
name means Report Program Generator -
BASIC
Created John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz at Dartmouth College
Purpose was to provide computer access to non-science students
name is from Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code -
LOGO
Created by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert
Purpose was to aid in constructivist teaching -
B
Created by Ken Thompson, with contributions from Dennis Ritchie at Bell Labs
Purpose was to fit within the memory capacity of the minicomputers of the time -
PASCAL
Created by Niklaus Wirth
Purpose was to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring. -
C
Purpose was to address B's inability to take advantage of some of the PDP-11's features, notably byte addressability -
ML
Created by Robin Milner and others at the University of Edinburgh
Purpose was to develop proof tactics in the LCF theorem prover
name means Metalanguage -
SQL
Created by Donald D. Chamberlin, Raymond F. Boyce
Purpose was to manage data in relational database management systems.
name means Structured Query Language -
ADA
Created Jean Ichbiah of CII Honeywell Bull under contract to the United States Department of Defense
Purpose was to supersede the hundreds of programming languages then used by the Department of Defense -
C++
Created by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs
Purpose was to enhance the C language with andvanced features -
Delphi
Created by Apple, Niklaus Wirth, Anders Hejlsberg
Purpose was to support MacApp, an expandable Macintosh application framework -
Python
Created by Guido van Rossum
Purpose was to create clear and readable code -
visual basic
Created Microsoft
Purpose was to be relatively easy to learn and use -
Javascript
Created Brendan Eich, now Mozilla Foundation
Purpose: To create enhanced user interfaces and dynamic websites -
Java
Created by James Gosling and Sun Microsystems
Purpose was to let application developers "write once, run anywhere" (WORA), meaning that code that runs on one platform does not need to be recompiled to run on another -
PHP
Created by Rasmus Lerdorf
Purpose was to produce dynamic Web pages
name means Hypertext Preprocessor