History of Computer Languages

Fortran

Oct 4, 1957

This computer language is short for FORmula TRANSlation and is the oldest computer language still in use. Created by John Backus, to preform high-level scientific, mathematical, statistical computions. Nowadays, this language is used in aerospace, automotive industries, government, and research institutions. (Not October 4th. I don't know how to change that) http://www.howtogeek.com/94917/the-evolution-of-computer-programming-languages-infographic/

Cobol

Oct 4, 1959

COmmon Business Orientated Language is used when anything from transactions with credit cards, ATM usage, phone calls, traffic signals, or cars. The COBOL development team lead by Dr. Grace Murry Hopper went out to create a friendly system to assist with business stuff.

Basic

May 1, 1964

This computer language was developed by college students at Dartmouth College and was designed to be easier to use. Written by Bill Gates and Paul Allen and became Microsoft's first product. Ran the original Apple II. http://www.howtogeek.com/94917/the-evolution-of-computer-programming-languages-infographic/

C

Oct 4, 1969

Developed by Dennis Ritchie at Bell Telephone Laboratories for use of the Unix operating system. C became powerful enough that some of the Unix programs were rewritten in C. Lunix is based on C. (Not October 4th) http://www.howtogeek.com/94917/the-evolution-of-computer-programming-languages-infographic/

Perl

Oct 4, 1987

Developed by Larry Wall, also a Unix programmer, in attempt to get data from Unix that Unix couldn't preform that he needed. Practical Extraction Report Language (PERL) was described by it's inventor as a language for "getting the job done". Used by Craigslist. (Not 4th) http://www.howtogeek.com/94917/the-evolution-of-computer-programming-languages-infographic/

Ruby

Oct 4, 1993

Yukihiro "matz" Matsumoto named Ruby because of July's birthstone. He developed this language by combining his favorite languages: PERL, Samlltalk, Eiffel, Ada, Lisp. Used by Basecamp. (Not October 4th) http://www.howtogeek.com/94917/the-evolution-of-computer-programming-languages-infographic/

JavaScript

May 4, 1995

Java and JavaScript and very different. Originally developed by Brendan Eich of Netscape under the name Mocha and used information used by C. Although it's supposed to run client (browsers) it's now finding use with the server as node.js. And AJAK is dependent on JavaScript. Used by RACKSPACE. (Not the 4th) http://www.howtogeek.com/94917/the-evolution-of-computer-programming-languages-infographic/

Java

Oct 4, 1995

Developed by a team at microsoft lead by James Gosling. Created in order to run set top boxes for interactive television. Java runs over 1.1 billion computers worldwide and most websites can't function without it. Used by 2004 mars rovers. (Not October 4th) http://www.howtogeek.com/94917/the-evolution-of-computer-programming-languages-infographic/

Ruby on Rails

Jul 4, 2004

Ruby on Rails was extracted by David Heinemeier Hansson from his work on basecamp. Ruby on Rails is a project management tool by 37 signals. (not 4th) http://www.howtogeek.com/94917/the-evolution-of-computer-programming-languages-infographic/