Computer Languages

Plankalkul

Jan 1, 1948

Developers: Konrad Zuse
Purpose: Engineering
Acronym: None

Fortran

Jan 1, 1957

Developers: John Backus & IBM
Purpose: Numeric Computation, and Scientific Computing
Acronym: None

MATH-MATIC

Jan 1, 1957

Developers: Grace Hopper
Purpose: Language for UNIVAC
Acronym: None

Lisp

Jan 1, 1958

Developers: Steve Russell, Timothy P. Hart, and Mike Levin
Purpose: Computer Programming
Acronym: None

COBAL

Jan 1, 1959

Developers: Grace Hopper, William Selden, Gertrude Tierney, Howard Bromberg, Howard Discount, Vernon Reeves, Jean E. Sammet
Purpose: Programing Buissness Applications
Acronym: COmmon Business-Oriented Language

RPG

Jan 1, 1959

Developers: IBM
Purpose: High Level Programming
Acronym: Report Program Generator

BASIC

Jan 1, 1964

Developers: John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz
Purpose: Programing
Acronym: Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

LOGO

Jan 1, 1967

Developers: Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert
Purpose: Educational Programing
Acronym: None

B

Jan 1, 1969

Developers: Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie
Purpose: Typeless programming
Acronym: None

PASCAL

Jan 1, 1970

Developers: Niklaus Wirth
Purpose: Object Oriented Programing
Acronym: None

C

Jan 1, 1972

Developers: Dennis Ritchie & Bell Labs
Purpose: Programing
Acronym: None

ML

Jan 1, 1973

Developers: Robin Milner
Purpose: Functional Computer Programing
Acronym: MetaLanguage

SQL

Jan 1, 1974

Developers: Donald D. Chamberlin
Raymond F. Boyce
Purpose: Special Purpose Programming
Acronym: Structured Query Language

ADA

Jan 1, 1980

Developers: Jean Ichbiah
Purpose: Programing
Acronym: None

C++

Jan 1, 1983

Developers: Bjarne Stroustrup
Purpose: Programing
Acronym: None

Python

Jan 1, 1991

Developers: Guido van Rossum
Purpose: High Level Programming
Acronym: None

Visual Basic

Jan 1, 1991

Developers: Microsoft
Purpose: Integrated Developement Enviroment
Acronym: None

Delphi

Jan 1, 1995

Developers: Borland
Purpose: Intigrated Developement Enviroment
Acronym: None

Java

Jan 1, 1995

Developers: Oracle Corporation
Purpose: Multi-Platform Programing
Acronym: None

JavaScript

Jan 1, 1995

Developers: Netscape Communications Corporation, Mozilla Foundation
Purpose: Application Program Language
Acronym: None

PHP

Jan 1, 1995

Developers: The PHP Group
Purpose: Side Scripting
Acronym: Hypertext Preprocessor