Programming Languages Timeline

  • Plankalkul

    Plankalkul is a programming language developed by Konrad Zuse for engineering purposes.
  • FORTRAN

    FORTRAN stands for Formula Translation, and is the oldest programming language ever created. It is used in things like research and aerodynamic studies. It was developed by IBM.
  • MATH-MATIC

    MATH-MATIC is a programming software developed by Charles Katz and Grace Hopper, used for business-oriented purposes and arithmetic.
  • COBOL

    COBOL stands for Common Business Oriented Language, and is primarily used by businesses and banks. It was developed by the COBOL development team and Dr. Grace Murray Hopper.
  • LISP

    LISP is a programming software developed by John McCarthy, and was intended as a mathematical formalism for reasoning about the use of recursion equations as a model for computation.
  • RPG

    RPG is a high level programming language for business applications developed by IBM.
  • BASIC

    BASIC is a language developed by Dartmouth College, and was directed towards people of a non-programming oriented background. Bill Gates modified the software and sold it as the first Microsoft product.
  • LOGO

    Logo is an educational programming language developed by Daniel G. Bobrow and Wally Feurzieg.
  • C

    C is a programming software commonly used in Linux programs and other operating systems. It was developed by Dennis Ritchie.
  • B

    B is a programming language developed at Bell Labs led by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. It was designed for non numeric, machine independent applications. B is an early development of C and C++.
  • PASCAL

    PASCAL is a programming language named after Pascal, who made the first adding machine. It is a language that is used as a teaching tool.
  • ML

    ML is a programming language developed by Robin Milner at the University of Edinburgh, primarily used for mathematical algorithms.
  • SQL

    SQL is a special purpose programming language designed for managing data, developed by Donald D. Chamberlin of IBM.
  • ADA

    ADA was a programming language developed by Jean Ichbiah under the USDOD to be used by the military.
  • C++

    C++ is a language that was developed by Bell Labs and Bjarne Stroustrup. It is one of (if not the most) popular programming languages. Programs like Adobe PDF Reader and MS Office use this software.
  • PYTHON

    PYTHON is a programming language developed by Guido Van Rossum to fix problems in the ABC language. Programs like YouTube use this language to operate.
  • Visual Basic

    Visual Basic is a programming language developed by Microsoft and is thought to be relatively easy to learn.
  • PHP

    PHP is a programming language developed by Rasmus Lerdorf originally used to maintain his personal homepage. It is used by websites like Facebook.
  • JAVA

    JAVA is a programming language developed by Sun Microsystems James Gosling. It was used by the Mars Rovers, and many websites need it to function.
  • JAVASCRIPT

    JAVASCRIPT is a programming language (unrelated to JAVA) developed by Brendan Eich of Netscape, and runs similar to the C programming language. Rockspace hosting uses this language in their services.
  • Delphi

    Delphi is a programming language and software development kit developed by Embarcadero Technologies and is used in desktop and console applications.