Programming Languages TImeline

By jrtimmons01

  • Plankalkul

    Plankalkul was developed in 1945 by Knorad Zuse, purpose is formal system for planning, no acronym.

  • Fortran

    Fortran was developed in 1957 by a team of programmers who worked with IBM led by John Backus, purpose is for easier translation of math formulas, Acronym is FORmula TRANslation.

  • MATH-MATIC

    MATH-MATIC was developed in 1957 by Remington Rand, purpose programming Language for UNIVAC 1 and 2, no acronym.

  • Lisp

    Lisp was developed in 1958 by John McCarthy, purpose was mathematical notation and then changed into artificial intelligence, LISt Processor.

  • COBOL

    COBOL was developed in 1959 by the group called Conference on Data Systems Languages, Purpose was to create a portable programming language for data processing, Acronym is Common Business-oriented Language.

  • RPG

    RPG was developed in 1959 by IBM, purpose is proprietary programming language, acronym Report Program Generator.

  • BASIC

    BASIC was developed in 1964, John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz designed it, Easier use of writing on computer, Acronym Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.

  • LOGO

    LOGO was developed in 1967 by Wally Feurzeig and Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon, purpose to produce line graphics, no acronym.

  • B

    B was developed in 1969, Dennis Ritchie developed it, Purpose was recursive non-numeric machine independent application, Might be Bon but I don’t know.

  • PASCAL

    PASCAL was develop in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth, purpose to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring, no acronym.

  • C

    C was developed in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie, Purpose to re-implement the Unix operating system, no acronym.

  • ML

    ML was developed in 1973 by Robin milner, purpose is pattern matching for function arguments, acronym Meta Language.

  • SQL

    SQL was developed in 1974 by Donald D. Chamberlin, purpose is for managing data held in a relational database management system, acronym is Structured Query Language.

  • ADA

    ADA was developed in 1979, was designed by a team led by Jean Ichbiah, purpose was for large long-lived applications, Ada is not a acronym.

  • C++

    C++ was developed in 1979 by Bjarne Stroustrup, purpose was for program organization, no acronym.

  • Python

    Python was developed in 1991 by Guido van Rossum, purpose is general purpose programming, no acronym.

  • Visual Basic

    Visual Basic was developed in 1991 by Microsoft, purpose is to help create applications, no acronym.

  • PHP

    PHP was developed in 1994 by Rasmus Lerdorf, purpose is to be enter as a Common Gateway interface, PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.

  • Java

    Java was developed in 1995 by James Gosling, purpose is to help run sites that will support it, no acronym.

  • JavaScript

    Javascript was developed in 1995 by Eich, Purpose is to make webpages interactive and provide online programs including video games, Javanese Script.

  • Delphi

    Delphi was developed in 2016 by Embarcadero Technologies, Purpose was rapid application development tool for Windows, no acronym.