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Plankalkul
Developed by Konrad ZusePurpose: Engineering purposes -
Fortran
Developed by John BackusPurpose: For scientific and engineering applications -
MATH-MATIC
Developed by a group led by Charles KatzPurpose: Early language for the UNIVAC 1 & 2Originally named AT-3 Caompiler then changed to current name. -
Lisp
Developed by Steve Russell, Timothy P. Hart, and Mike LevinPurpose: A practical mathmatical notation for computer programs -
COBOL
Developed by Reeves, Jean E. Sammet, William Selden, and Gertude TierneyPurpose: Used in legacy applications deployed on mainframe computers for businessesCOBOL stands for Common Business-oriented language -
RPG
Developed by IBMPurpose: A tool to replicate punched card processingRPG stands for Report Program Generator -
BASIC
Developed by John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene KurtzPurpose: To enable students in fields other than science and mathmatics to use computersBASIC stands for Begginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code -
LOGO
Developed by Wally Feurzeig and Seymour PapertPurpose: Educational programming language, now used for turtle graphics -
B
Developed by Ken Thompson with Dennis RitchiePurpose: System development -
PASCAL
Developed by Niklaus WirthPurpose: To encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring -
C
Developed by Dennis Ritchie and Bell LabsPurpose: To reimplement the unix operating system and write system software -
ML
Developed by Robin Milner and others at the University of EdinburghPurpose: A general purpose functional programming languageML stands for Metalanguage -
SQL
Developed by ISO/IECPurpose: Managing data held in a relational database management systemSQL stands for Structured Query Language -
ADA
Appeared around the 1980'sDeveloped by a team led by Jean D. Ichbiah and has included Berned Krieg-Bruechner, Brain A. Wichmann, Henry F. Ledgard, Jean-Cluade Heliard, Jean-Loup Gailly, Jean-Ryanmond Abrial, John G. P. Barnes, Mike Woodger, Olivier Roubine, Paul N. Hilfinger, and Robert FirthPurpose: DOD embedded systemsNamed after Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace Byron -
C++
Developed by Bjarne StroustrupPurpose: A concise language that produced compact and speedy programs -
Python
Developed by Guido Van Rossum, Python Software FoundationPurpose: Express concepts in fewer lines of code than would be possible in other languages -
Visual Basic
Developed by MicrosoftPurpose: Easy to use and learn -
Delphi
Developed by BorlandPurpose: Offers development with both rapidity and good quality -
Javascript
Developed by Brendan EichPurpose: used in the web platform and it's multi-purpose -
Java
Developed by Oracle CorporationPurpose: Designed to have as few implementation dependecies as possible -
PHP
Developed by Rasmus Lerdorf and Zend TechnologiesPurpose: server-side scripting designed for web development, but also as a general programming languagePHP stands for Personal Home Page
