Programming Languages Timeline

By Ben6745
  • Plankalkul

    Plankalkul was created by Konrad Zuse.
    It was created for tasks that involved engineering.
  • Fortan

    It was created by John Backus.
    The functions of Fortan include numerical weather prediction, finite element analysis and computational physics.
  • MATH-MATIC

    It was created by Charles Katz.
    It was developed as an improvement to FORTRAN.
  • Lisp

    It was developed by John McCarthy.
    Lisp was created as a practical mathematical notation for computer programs.
  • COBAL

    It is an acronym for common business oriented language.
    This language was created by Howard Bromberg, Howard Discount, Vernon Reeves, Jean E. Sammet, William Selden and Gertrude Tierney.
    It is used for business, finance and administrative systems.
  • RPG

    RPG was created by IBM to replicate punched card processing on the IBM 1401.
    It stands for report program generator.
  • BASIC

    It was created by John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz.
    BASIC is an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
    This language made computer functions easier for those who haven't heavily studied science and mathematics.
  • LOGO

    It was created by Wally Feurzeig and Seymour Papert.
    This is an educational program language that helped people understand Lisp related programing concepts.
  • B

    It was created by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie.
    This language was designed for recursive, non-numeric, machine independent applications. It was commonly used with language and system software.
  • PASCAL

    It was created by Niklaus Wirth.
    Pascal encouraged effective programming practices by using structured programming and data structuring.
  • C

    It was developed by Dennis Ritchie,This language was created to work with a straightforward complier, to map machine instructions and to demand reduced run time support.
  • ML

    It was designed by Robin Milner.
    ML stands for metalanguage.
    Its initial function was to proof tactics in the LCF theorem prover.
  • SQL

    It was created by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce.
    SQL stands for Structured Query Language.
    This language was developed to manage data contained in a relational database management system.
  • ADA

    It was created by Jean Ichbiah.
    ADA detects and improves errors in order to enhance the safety and maintainability of a piece of code.
  • C++

    C++ was created by Bjarne Stroustrup.
    It provides facilities for low-level memory manipulation, while also possessing imperative, object oriented and generic programming.
  • Python

    It was designed by Guido van Rossum.
    Python prioritizes code readability and allows programmers to complete tasks with fewer lines of code.
  • Visual Basic

    It was created by Microsoft as an accessible language that can be used to perform a variety of tasks including data base access, the creation of ActiveX controls and rapid application development,
  • Java

    It was created by James Gosling and Sun Microsystems.
    Java can run on all java supported platforms without recompilation. It was designed to possess the minimal amount of implementation dependencies.
  • Javascript

    It was created by Bendan Eich.
    It is one of the 3 essential technologies of World Wide Web content production and is used by most websites.
    Javascript can be used with non-web-based environments including PDF, site-specific browsers and desktop widgets.
  • PHP

    PHP was created by Rasmus Lerdorf.
    It was created for a web environment and fills the gap between SSI and Perl.
    PHP stands for personal home page.
  • Delphi

    It was created by Embarcadero Technologies.
    Delphi was designed for Windows as a rapid application development tool.