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Plankalkul
DEVELOPED BY CONRAD ZUSE IN 1948, PLANKALKUL WAS MADE FOR ENGINEERING PURPOSES. PLANKALKUL TRANSLATES INTO FORMAL SYSTEM FOR PLANNING. -
Fortran
CREATED BY JOHN BACKUS IN 1957, FORTRAN WAS CREATED IN AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE A MORE PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE TO ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE. FORTRAN STANDS FOR THE IBM MATHEMATICAL FORMULA TRANSLATING SYSTEM. -
MATH-MATIC
MATH-MATIC, AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE FORTRAN, WAS CREATED BY CHARLES KATZ IN 1957. MATH-MATIC'S NAME HAS ZERO SIGNIFIGANCE. -
Lisp
LISP, CREATED IN 1958 BY JOHN MCCARTHY, WAS CREATED FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMS AS A PRACTICAL MATHMATICAL NOTATION. LISP STANDS FOR LIST PROGRAMMING. -
COBOL
COBOL(COMMON BUSINESS-ORIENTED LANGUAGE) WAS INDIRECTLY CREATED BY GRACE HOPPER IN 1959 FOR MAKING A COMMON BUSINESS LANGUAGE. -
RPG
CREATED IN 1959 BY IBM, RPG'S MAIN PURPOSE WAS TO BE USED AS A REPORT PROGRAM GENERATOR. RPG STANDS FOR REPORT PROGRAM GENERATOR. -
BASIC
BASIC(BEGINNER'S ALL-PURPOSE SYMBOLIC INSTRUCTION CODE) WAS CREATED BY JOHN GEORGE KEMENY AND THOMAS EUGENE KURT IN 1964 TO ALLOW STUDENTS, WHO WEREN'T SCIENCE BASED, ACCESS TO COMPUTERS. -
LOGO
LOGO WAS CREATED IN 1967 BY WALLY FEURZEIG AND SEYMOUR PAPERT AS AN ADAPTATION OF LISP. ITS MAIN PURPOSE WAS “TO CREATE A MATH LAND WHERE KIDS COULD PLAY WITH WORDS AND SENTENCES”. LOGO IS DERIVED FROM THE GREEK WORD FOR WORD. -
B
DEVELOPED BY KEN THOMPSON IN 1969, B'S MAIN PURPOSE WAS TO FIT WITHIN THE MEMORY CAPACITY OF A MINI-COMPUTER.THE NAME B DOESN'T COME FROME ANYTHING AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY HUGE SIGNIFIGANCE. -
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C
C WAS CREATED BY DENNIS RITCHIE BETWEEN 1969 AN 1973. IT WAS MADE TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE CONSTRUCTS THAT MAP EFFICIENTLY TO MACHINE INSTRUCTIONS, AND TO REQUIRE MINIMAL RUN-TIME SUPPORT. C DOESN'T STAND FOR ANYTHING NOR DOES IT HAVE ANY SIGNIFIGANCE. -
PASCAL
PASCAL WAS CREATED BY NIKLAUS WIRTH IN 1970. PASCAL, NAMED AFTER BLAISE PASCAL, WAS CREATED TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING. -
ML
CREATED BY ROBIN MILNER IN 1973, ML's MAIN PURPOSE WAS TO CREATE PROOF TACTICS FOR THE LCF THEOREM PROVER. ML STANDS FOR METALANGUAGE -
SQL
SQL(SRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE) WAS CREATED BY DONALD D. CHAMBERLIN AND RAYMOND F. BOYCE IN 1974. SQL'S MAIN PURPOSE WAS TO MANAGE DATA HELD IN A RGDBS. -
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ADA
DEVELOPED BY JEAN ICHBIAH BETWEEN 1977 AND 1983 ADA 'S ORIGINAL PURPOSE WAS TO SUPERCEDE THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE. ADA WAS NAMED AFTER ADA LOVELACE, THE FIRST PROGRAMMER. -
C++
C++(C WITH CLASSES) WAS CREATED BY BJARNE STROUSTRUP IN 1979 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPLACING PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE C. -
Python
CREATED BY GUIDO VAN ROSSUM IN 1991, PYTHON WAS CREATED TO EMPHESIZE CODE READABILITY. PYTHON IS JUST A NAME AND HAS NO REAL SIGNIFIGANCE. -
Visual Basic
CREATED BY MICROSOFT AND RELEASED IN 1991, VISUAL BASIC GRANTS THE USER THE ABILITY TO RAD(RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT) OF GUI. VISUAL BASIC IS JUST A NAME AND HAS NO REAL SIGNIFIGANCE. -
JAVA
JAVA WAS CREATED IN 1995 BY JAMES GOSLING, MIKE SHERIDAN, AND PATRICK NAUGHTON TO ALLOW PROGRAMMERS TO WORA(WRITE ONCE, RUN ANYWHERE). JAVA WAS NAMED AFTER THE JAVA COFFEE THAT THE CREATORS DRANK. -
PHP
PHP WAS CREATED BY RASMUS LERDORF IN 1995. RASMUS CREATED PHP TO MAINTAIN HIS HOME PAGE. PHP STANDS FOR HYPERTEXT PROCCESSOR NOW, BUT ORIGINALLY STOOD FOR PERSONAL HOME PAGE. -
Javascript
JAVASCRIPT WAS CREATED BY BRENDAN EICH IN 1995. IT WAS CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE THAT WOULD COMPLIMENT JAVA. JAVASCRIPT WAS ORIGINALY NAMED MOCHA OR LIVE SCRIPT BUT WAS CHANGED TO JAVASCRIPT LATER ON.