Programing Languages Timeline

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  • Plankalkul

    Purpose: engineering by Konrad
    Acronym:none
    Who developed:Konrad Zuse

  • MATH-MATIC

    Purpose: Code for UNIVAC 1&2
    Acronym:none
    Who developed:Charles Katz

  • Fortran

    Purpose: A way to tell computers to calculate complex equations
    Acronym:Formula Translation
    Who developed:John Backus

  • LISP

    Purpose: Mathematical notation for computer programs
    Acronym:List Processor
    Who developed: Steve Russell

  • COBOL

    Purpose:Business and finance systems
    Acronym: Common Business Oriented Language
    Who developed:CODASYL

  • RPG

    Purpose: to replicate punched card processing
    Acronym:Report Program Generator
    Who developed:IBM

  • BASIC

    Purpose:To let students of non-mathematical fields to use computers.
    Acronym:Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
    Who developed:John G. Kemeny

  • LOGO

    Purpose: To teach concepts of LISP
    Acronym:none
    Who developed:Wally Feurzeig

  • Pascal

    Purpose: To encourage good programming practices
    Acronym:named after Blaise Pascal
    Who developed:Niklaus Wirth

  • B

    Purpose:Code for non-numeric applications
    Acronym:B comes from BCPL
    Who developed: Ken Thompson

  • C

    Purpose:Re-implement Unix operating system
    Acronym:none
    Who developed: Dennis M Ritchie

  • ML

    Purpose: General programming language
    Acronym: Meta Language
    Who developed:Robin Milner

  • SQL

    Purpose: Designed to manage data fluently
    Acronym:Structured Query Language
    Who developed:ISO

  • ADA

    Purpose: Long lasting reliable applications
    Acronym: Not acronym but name of 1st programmer
    Who developed: Dr. Jean Ichbiah

  • C++

    Purpose:more flexible version of code
    Acronym:none
    Who developed:Bjarne Stroustrup

  • Delphi

    Purpose:Alternative to modern languages
    Acronym:none
    Who developed:Borland

  • Python

    Purpose:Easily read high level code
    Acronym:none
    Who developed:Guido Van Rossum

  • Visual Basic

    Purpose:Easy to learn coding software
    Acronym:none
    Who developed:Microsoft

  • PHP

    Purpose: Web development
    Acronym:Hypertext PreProcessor
    Who developed:Rasmus Lerdorf

  • Java

    Purpose:to create code and use it on multiple systems without recompiling it.
    Acronym:none
    Who developed:James Gosling

  • JavaScript

    Purpose:make websites interactive
    Acronym:none
    Who developed:Netscape Communications Cooperation