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Created by Konrad Zuse, it was designed for engineering purposes.
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Derived from the phrase "Formula Translation." Created by John Backus. It was developed for scientific and engineering applications.
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Derived from LISt Processor and was designed by John McCarthy. It was created as a practical mathematical notation for computer programs.
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Stands for "Common Business-Oriented Language and was created by Grace Hopper. It was designed for the United States department of Defense in order to create a portable language for data processing.
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Designed by IBM as a proprietary programming language for their hardware. Short for "Report Program Generator."
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Designed by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz and stands for "Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code." It was designed for easier use of languages.
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Designed by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, and Cynthia Soloman. Derived from the greek word "logos." It was designed to teach concepts related to Lisp.
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Created by Niklaus Wirth, it was designed to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring.
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Designed by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. The name "B" is derived from BCPL. (Basic Combined Programming Language) It was designed for system and language software.
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Created by Dennis Ritchie and was designed to be compiled using a relatively straightforward compiler and to provide low-level access to memory.
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Also known as the AT-3, (Algebraic Translator 3) it was made by Charles Katz to be used for the UNIVAC 1.
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Short for "Meta Language," it was created by Robin Milner. It was used for programming language research.
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Stands for Structured Query Language, it was created by Donald D. Chamberlin. It was designed for managing data held in a database management system.
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Designed by Jean Ichbiah and was intended for real-time embedded systems programming
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Created by Bjarne Stroustrup and was made for system programming with performance, efficiency, and flexibility in mind.
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Created by Guido van Rossum, it was designed for code readability and to code with fewer lines.
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Created by Microsoft, it was designed to be an easy language to learn and use. Derived from the Basic language.
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Created by Rasmus Lerdford, it was designed for web development.
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Created by James Gosling and was designed to have few implementation dependencies
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Language based on Pascal. Created by software company Borland. It was made for easy use of programming languages.
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Usually abbreviated "JS," it was created by Brendan Eich and was designed as a world wide web content producer to make webpages interactive.