NCVPS - CompProg - Programming Languages Timeline

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  • Plankalkul

    Plankalkul, or Plan Calculus, was the first real programming language. Created by: Konrad Zuse.

  • Fortran

    Designed by: John Backus. Fortran was designed for scientific and mathematical computer programs.

  • MATH-MATIC

    MATH-MATIC was an early programming language for the UNIVAC I and UNIVAC II. Designed by: Remington Rand.

  • Lisp

    The second oldest computer programming language. Designed by: John McCarthy.

  • RPG

    RPG is used for modern software applications is used by businesses. Designed by: IBM

  • BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)

    Designed by: John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. BASIC was designed to make programming a lot easier.

  • LOGO

    LOGO is an educational programming language and derives from the Greek word "logos," which means word or thought. Designed by: Wally Weurzeig, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon.

  • B

    Designed by: Ken Thompson. B was designed for non-numerica applications such as system and language software.

  • PASCAL

    PASCAL is used to teach structured programming. Designed by: Niklaus Wirth.

  • SQL

    SQL is a domain-specific programming language and was designed for managing data. Designed by: Donald D. Chamberlin, Raymond F. Boyce.

  • ML (Meta Language)

    ML is a general-purpose programming language. Designed by: Robin Milner.

  • ADA

    Designed by: Jean Ichbiah and S. Tucker Taft. ADA was designed to improve code safety and maintainability by using the compiler to find errors in favor of runtime errors. ADA was derived from Pascal.

  • COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language)

    Designed by: Howard Bromberg, Norman Discount, Vernon Reeves, Jean E. Sammet, William Selden, Gertrude Tierney. COBOL was designed for business purposes.

  • Python

    Designed by: Guido Van Rossum. It is a successor to the ABC programming language.

  • PHP

    PHP is a scripting language, suited to web development. Designed by: Rasmus Lerdorf.

  • Java

    Designed by: James Gosling. Java is designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.

  • Javascript

    A high leveled programming language that is compiled. Designed by: Brendan Eich.

  • Visual Basic

    Visual Basic was designed by Microsoft and known for its Component Object Model programming model. Visual Basic is very easy to use.

  • C

    Designed by: Dennis Ritchie. C is a programming language that was designed for general purpose and maps efficiently to typical machine instructions.

  • C++

    Designed by: Bjarne Stroustrup. C++ is an extension of the C programming language, also designed for general purpose.

  • Delphi

    Designed by: Embarcadero Technologies. Delphi was designed for rapid application development for desktop, mobile, web, and console software.