history of programming By ictstanground Jan 7, 1954 1954 – IPL (forerunner to LISP) Apr 15, 1954 Fortran or fomula transtion was the first high level programming languge invented by john backus in 1954 Mar 14, 2013 April 8th 1959, Grace Hopper attends the CODASYL conference and begins the creation of the COBOL April 8th 1959, Grace Hopper attends the CODASYL conference and begins the creation of the COBOL Mar 14, 2013 1952 – Autocode
