Computer Programming Language Timeline

  • Plankalkul

    Created in the 1940s, used for engineering purposes, it was designed by Korrad Zuse and the term means “Formal System”.
  • RPG

    Means gaining experience and adding points to certain fields. Created in the 1950s, created for business applications, influenced by FARGO. Creator IBM.
  • FORTRAN

    Designed by John Bachus, Created in the 1950s, Stands for Files only run through right at never miscellaneous. Designed for numeric computation and scientific computing.
  • Lisp

    Created in the 1950s, Designed by John McCarthy, Influenced by Information Processing Language, Locator Identifier Separation Protocol.
  • B

    Founded in the 1960s, B language are logical decision making units, Characters, and bit strings. It was created by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie.
  • BASIC

    Created in the 1960s, Created by John G. Kemeny, Thomas E. Kurtz, and the purpose is for high level programming, Stands for Beginners all-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
  • LOGO

    Designed by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon, created in the 1960s, An educational programming language, stands for Logic – Orientated – Graphic- Oriented.
  • MATH-MATIC

    Designed for matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, and creation of user interfaces, Derived from other languages, No acronym created in the 1960s.
  • PASCAL

    Created in the 1970s, created by Nicklaus Wirth, influenced by ALGOL W. Designed for efficient language with good programming. Also an imperative and procedural programming language.
  • SQL

    Means structured Query Language, Created to help manage data help in a reliable database management system. Created by ISO/IEC. Created in the 1970s.
  • C++

    Bjarine Stroustrup, Generic programming features while also providing facilities for low level memory manipulation, created in the 1970s, named after the C class.
  • ADA

    February of 1980, Jean ichbiah, S. Tucker Taft, It is an objective, Computer Programming Language. ADA- Stands for nobility and in some cases adornment.
  • PHP

    Designed for web development created by Zend Technologies, Designed by, Rasmus Lerdorf, stands for Hypertext preprocessor. Created in the 1990s.
  • Python

    Created for general purpose programming, created in the 1990s and was created by , Guido van Rossum. No acronym its software development simply.
  • Visual Basic

    1990s, developed by Microsoft, influenced by BASIC, third-generation event-driven programming language and integrated development environment. Used also for graphical user interfaces.
  • C

    Created in the 1990s, Created for high level programming and high level languages, created by Simon Peyton Jones and Norman Ramsey.
  • COBOL

    Designed for business use, Designed by Howard Discount, Howard Bromberg, Vernon Reeves. Jean E Semmet, William Seldon, Gertrude Tierney
  • Delphi

    Designed for Desktop, mobile, web, and console applications. Also a driven language, Designed by Borland, Created in the 1990s. Stands for Detector with Lepton, Photon, and Hadron Identification
  • Java

    Designed to have as few implications dependencies as possible. Created in the 1990s, James Gusling, It was derived from C++.
  • JavaScript

    Created in the 1990s, A prototype - based, multi- par diagram, and interpreted programming language, Created by Brendan Fich, Does not have an acronym.
  • ML

    Influenced by ISWIM, Designed by Robin Milmer and others from the same university. Designed for General purpose. Stands for Meta- Language. Created in the 1990s.