Programming languages

Programming Languages Timeline

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  • Plankalkul

    Created by: Konrad Zuse Purpose: World’s first high-level language used for difficult engineering projects

  • Fortran (Formula Translation)

    Created by: IBM Purpose: Created for computers to complete number crunching operations

  • MATH-MATIC

    Created by: Charles Katz Purpose: Program designed to solve math problems

  • Lisp (List Processing)

    Created by: Steve Russell, Timothy Hart, and Mike Levin Purpose: Used for artificial intelligence.

  • COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language)

    Created by: Grace Hopper Purpose: Portable language used for data processing

  • RPG (Report Program Generator)

    Created by: IBM Purpose: Works almost like a programmable storage language containing things such as data and dimensional arrays

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

    Created by: John Kemeny, Thomas Kurtz, and Mary Keller Purpose: An easy-to-use programming language used for beginner design.

  • LOGO

    Created by: Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon Purpose: Used to program instructions into a computer to create graphics

  • PASCAL (Named after Blaise Pascal)

    Created by: Niklaus Wirth Purpose: Programming language used which utilizes compilation speed and user generated coding

  • B (Contraction of BCPL)

    Created by: Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie Purpose: Used for non-numeric applications like decision making and processing of characters.

  • C

    Created by: Dennis Ritchie Purpose: Used primarily for operating systems and developmental projects.

  • ML (Meta Language)

    Created by: Robin Milner Purpose: General purpose program language that can be ran by a user or admin

  • SQL (Structured Query Language)

    Created by: Donald D. Chamberlin, and Raymond Boyce Purpose: Used for managing data in things like stream processing and relationships between different entities

  • ADA (Named for Augusta Ada)

    Created by: Jean Ichbiah and Tucker Taft. Purpose: An international standardized language used for general-purpose use.

  • C++

    Created by: Bjarne Stroustrup Purpose: Created as a faster upgrade of C for software, drivers, and client-server applications

  • Python

    Created by: Guido van Rossum Purpose: Used to web development in many application domains

  • Visual Basic

    Created by: Alan Cooper Purpose: Used to create applications in an easier way using Microsoft components

  • PHP (Hypertext Processor)

    Created by: Rasmus Lerdorf Purpose: A server-side language used for scripting and programming

  • Delphi

    Created by: Danny Thorpe Purpose: Created as an upgrade to Borland Pascal used for fast creation of computer

  • Java

    Created by: James Gosling for Sun Microsystems Purpose: Used to create computer instructions with the English language

  • Javascript

    Created by: Brendan Eich Purpose: Used as a scripting language written on an HTML page