Programming Languages Timeline

  • BASIC

    BASIC was developed by John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz at Dartmouth College. BASIC is an acronym for an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
  • B

    B was developed by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie.
  • C

    C was developed by Dennis Ritchie.
  • ADA

    ADA was developed by Jean Ichbiah at Groupe Bull. It was named after Ada Lovelace
  • C++

    C++ was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup.