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Is a language designed for engineering a mathematical work, is developed by Konrad Zuse.
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Is the first programming language, was developed, based on Von Neumann's ideas. Unfortunately, it had to be "hand-compiled" — that is, someone had to translate the program in binary (1s and 0s) by hand.
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An early compiler, is developed by Alick E. Glennie. He works on it in his spare time while attending the University of Manchester.
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The draft specification for FORTRAN, the first programming language to gain widespread use, is completed.
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Is released.
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The first block-structured language, is made available.
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FORTRAN IV is released.
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The definitive reference manual for C is published.
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The early version of what would become C++, called "C with Classes" is developed by Bjarne Stroustup.
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The wreck of the Titanic is found, using a submarine controlled by Forth.
Methods, a version of Smalltalk, is released. -
Perl is invented.
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ANSI publishes the C specification.
A draft reference C++ 2.0 is released. -
Visual Basic is introduced.
HTML is described for the first time, by Tim Berners-Lee.
Work begins on Java.
Python is invented. -
Dylan is released by Apple.
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PHP is invented.
Microsoft adds Visual Basic into Excel. -
Ada 95 is released, adding support for OOP and real-time systems.
HTML 2.0 is released.
The first public implementation of Java is released.
JavaScript is invented. It was developed in a period of only 10 days, by Brendan Eich.
Ruby is invented. -
Scratch, a visual programming language designed to teach programming concepts, is released.
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PHP 5, the current version of the language, is released.
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Google releases Go.
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Rust, sponsored by Mozilla, is released.
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Google releases Dart.
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HTML5 is published as a W3C recommendation.
Apple releases Swift, based on Objective-C.
Facebook releases Hack, based on PHP.