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Programming Languages

  • Plankalkul

    Designed for engineering purposes in 1948 by Konrad Zuse.
  • Fortran

    Developed by John Backus in 1957. Primarily used for numeric computation and scientific computing.
  • MATH-MATIC

    Marketing name for the AT-3 compiler. Early programming language for UNIVAC I and UNIVAC II developed in 1957 by Charles Katz.
  • Lisp

    Lisp was originally created as a practical mathematical notation for computer programs that was developed by John McCarthy in 1958. Lisp stands for LISt Processing.
  • COBOL

    COmmon Business- Oriented Language developed in 1959 by Grace Hopper. Primary domain in business , finance, and administrative systems for companies and governments.
  • RPG

    Report Program Generator. A tool to replicate punched card processing on the IBM 1401 developed in 1959 by IBM.
  • BASIC

    Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. Originally designed as an interactive mainframe timesharing language by John Kemeney and Thomas Kurtz in 1963.
  • LOGO

    Logo was created in 1967 for educational use, more so for constructivist teaching, by Daniel G. Bobrow, Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papertand Cynthia Solomon. The name is derived from the Greek logos meaning word.
  • B

    Developed by Ken Thompson in 1969 for primarily non-numeric applications such as system programming.
  • PASCAL

    Intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring. Developed in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth.Named after the famous mathematician Pascal.
  • C

    Primary function was to program the Unix operating system. Developed by Dennis Ritchie in 1972.
  • ML

    ML, or metalanguage, was conceived to develop proof tactics in the LCF theorem prover in 1973 by Robert Milner
  • SQL

    Designed for managing data in relational database management systems. Developed in 1974 by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce. SQL stands for Structured English Query Language.
  • ADA

    Developed by Jean Ichbiah in 1980, ADA was designed for large, long-lived applications where reliability and efficiency are essential.
  • C++

    Developed by Bjarne Stroustrup in 1981, it was used to add object orientation to C while remaining compatible with it and thus preserving its advantages.
  • Python

    Python is often used as a scripting language that was developled in 1991 by Guido van Rossum.
  • Visual Basic

    Visual Basic was developed in 1991 by Microsoft. The purpose was to make programming easier for an average person.
  • Javascript

    Developed in 1994 by Brendan Eich, it is commonly implemented as part of a web browser in order to create enhanced user interfaces and dynamic websites.
  • Delphi

    Developed by the company Borland in 1995, The language is used for console, desktop graphical, web, and mobile apps.
  • Java

    Developed in1995 by James Gosling and Sun Microsystems, it was designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible and the ability to run anywhere.
  • PHP

    Designed as a server-side scripting language designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages.Developed in 1995 by Rasmus Lerdorf.