Programming Languages Timeline

  • Plankalkul

    Plankalkul is a computer language that was developed by Konrad Zuse in 1948. This computer language is "a typed high-level imperative programming language". Citation
  • Fortran

    The computer language called Fortran, which means Formula Translation, this language was created by John Backus. This language was "a simpler, more accessible way to communicate with computers". Citation
  • MATH-MATIC

    MATH-MATIC is a computer language that was developed by Charles Katz in 1957. This computer language was "an early programming language for the UNIVAC I and UNIVAC II". Citation
  • LISP

    Lisp is a computer language developed by John McCarthy. The computer language was "founded on the mathematical theory of recursive functions". The "LISP program is a function applied to data, rather than being a sequence of procedural steps as in FORTRAN and ALGOL". Citation
  • RPG

    The computer language means "Role-Playing Game" and it "is a programming language that originated as a report-building program used in DEC and IBM minicomputer operating systems". Citation
  • COBOL

    COBOL is a computer language that mean Common Business Oriented Language. This computer language is one of the most popular for the business community. COBOL was "developed from the 1959 Conference on Data Systems Languages, a joint initiative between the U.S. government and the private sector". The main reason COBOL was created was for two main reasons "portability and readability". Citations
  • BASIC

    The computer language "BASIC" means Beginners's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. This language was developed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz. This language is "one of the simplest high-level languages, with commands similar to English". Citation
  • LOGO

    The computer language LOGO is a easier version of LISP and was used in education, it was used "to teach mathematical thinking to schoolchildren". This computer program had turtle graphics and it is a method for generating computer graphics. Citation
  • B

    B is a computer programming language that was created by D.M. Ritchie and K.L. Thompson. This language was made for non-numeric applications. The language would "typically involve complex logical decision-making, and processing of integers, characters, and bit strings." Citations
  • PASCAL

    PASCAL is a computer language that was developed by Niklaus Wirth. This computer language "resembled ALGOL in notation, it provided the ability to define data types with which to organize complex information". Citation
  • C

    C is a computer language developed by Dennis M. Ritchie. C was designed to be "used in writing operating systems for minicomputers", the computers "had very limited memories compared with mainframe computers". Citations
  • ML

    ML is a computer language that means "meta-language". This computer language was developed "by the academic community for research purposes". Citation
  • SQL

    The computer language SQL means "structured query language" and it "is a language for specifying the organization of databases". SQL was designed by Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce and it was invented in 1974. Citation
  • C++

    C++ is a computer language developed by Bjarne Stroustrup. This computer language is a "sophisticated, efficient and a general-purpose programming language", this computer language was based on the other computer language C. C++ is used in many "operating systems, system drivers, bowsers, and games", this computer language is one of the most popular languages today. Citations
  • ADA

    ADA was made in the 1980s for the U.S Department of Defense. "ADA was named for Augusta Ada King", he was an assistant for Charles Babbage in the 19th-century. ADA's "ability is to package operations and data into independent modules." The U.S Department of Defense doesn't use this language but it is still used by large engineering programs. Citation
  • Python

    Python is a computer language that "is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming language with dynamic semantics". This computer language was developed by Guido van Rossum and it was invented on 1989. Citation
  • Visual Basic

    Visual Basic is a computer language developed by Microsoft in 1991. This computer language as to "extend the capabilities of BASIC by adding objects". Citation
  • PHP

    The computer language PHP means "Hypertext Preprocessor". PHP "is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML". Citation
  • Delphi

    Delphi is a computer language that "has its origin from Pascal and its often referred to as Delphi Pascal". This computer language has added "some object-oriented capabilities to the Pascal Language". Citation
  • Java

    Java is a computer language that was invented by James Gosling. Java "dispenses a lower-level feature, including the ability to manipulate data addresses, a capability that is neither desirable nor useful in programs for distributed system". Citation
  • JavaScript

    JavaScript is a computer language that was developed by Netscape. This computer language was influenced by the computer language called Java. This computer language mostly used in web development. Citation