IntroCompTimeline

  • Plankalkul

    Developed by Konrad Zuse as a language for engineering.
  • FORTRAN

    Formula Translation was developed by John Backus and IBM for use in scientific and numeric computation.
  • MATH-MATIC

    Algebraic Translator 3 developed by Charles Katz and Grace Hopper for UNIVAC I and UNIVAC II.
  • LISP

    Developed by Steve Russell, Timothy P. Hart, and Mike Levin as a practical mathematical notation for computer programs.
  • COBOL

    Common Business Oriented Language was developed by CODASYL for the DOD to have a portable language for data processing.
  • RPG

    Developed by IBM as a proprietary language for business applications.
  • BASIC

    BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) was created to allow non programming students to delve into code. It was created by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz.
  • LOGO

    Developed by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon and has its roots in AI and mathematical logic.
  • B

    B was designed for machine independent applications, such as system and language software. Developed by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie.
  • PASCAL

    Developed by Niklaus Wirth as a language to promote good programming practices.
  • C

    Developed by Dennis Ritchie to re-implement the UNIX OS.
  • ML

    Meta Language was developed by Robin miller as a general purpose programming language.
  • SQL

    Structured Query Language developed by Donald D. Chamberlin
    and Raymond F. Boyce to manage relational databases
  • ADA

    Built for embedded and real time systems, named after Ada Lovelace. Developed by Jean Ichbiah.
  • C++

    Developed by Bjarne Stroustrup to aid in embedded programming and systems design.
  • Python

    Developed by Guido van Rossum as a high-level programming interpreted language.
  • Visual Basic

    Developed by Microsoft to aid in the rapid development of GUI applications.
  • Delphi

    Developed by Borland to aid in rapid application development for Windows.
  • Java

    Developed by Sun Microsystems (Oracle) as a "write once, run anywhere" language
  • Javascript

    Designed by Brendan Eich and Developed by multiple companies for the "World Wide Web" to make web pages interactive.
  • PHP

    PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor developed by Zend Technologies as a server side scripting language.