Programming languages

By JuliousDH

  • Plankalkul

    Konrad Zuse developed this program. Plankalkul is its German pronunciation. Plan calculus is how you say it.

  • Fortran

    Developed by a team of programmers lead by John Backus. It is derived from formula translating system.

  • MATH-MATIC

    It was developed by Charles Katz and the Remington Rand corporation. It was an early programming language for UNIVAC I & UNIVAC II

  • Lisp

    Developed by John McCarthy. Was created as a mathematical notation for computer programs.

  • RPG

    Developed by IBM. It stands for "Report Program Generator".

  • COBOL

    Developed by Howard Bromberg and other scientists. It stands for Common Business-Oriented Language.

  • BASIC

    It was developed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. It is an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.

  • LOGO

    Developed by Wally Feurzeig and Seymour Papert. Comes from the Greek word logos which means "thought".

  • B

    It was developed by Ken Thompson. Designed to be a non-numeric language.

  • Pascal

    Developed by Niklaus Wirth. Used for teaching and general programming.

  • C

    Created by Dennis Ritchie. It is still used today. It was very successful.

  • ML

    Developed by Robin Milner. It is a general purpose programming language.

  • SQL

    It was developed by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce. SQL stands for "Structured Query Language". It is a special-purpose domain-specific language made for managing data held in a relational database management system.

  • ADA

    Developed by a team led by Jean Ichbiah. The name is reference to Ada Lovelace who is known for being one of the first computer programmers.

  • C++

    Developed by Bjarne Stroustrup. C++ is a general purpose language with a bias towards system programming. It is highly successful and .

  • Visual Basic

    Developed by Microsoft. It is derived from BASIC. It is a nice and easy way to learn basic programming for beginners.

  • Python

    Developed by Guido van Rossum. It is a high level language for general purpose.

  • Delphi

    Developed by Anders Hejlsberg. It's made for desktop, mobile, and console devices.

  • Java Script

    Developed by Brendan Eich. It's also a high level and dynamic programming language.

  • Java

    Developed by James Gosling. It's currently one of the most popular programming languages in use and is used by over 9 Million Developers.

  • PHP

    Developed by Rasmus Lerdorf. It is a server side scripting language made for general purpose and for web development.