Computer Programming Timeline

  • Fortran

    Fortran
    Fortran is an old programming language, developed by IBM. Mainly used for number crunching and scientific development
  • MATH-MATIC was created

    MATH-MATIC was created
    Math-Matic was a programming language developed for the Univac. It lead to other business programming languages. Created by Charles Katz in 1957
  • Lisp was created

    Lisp was created
    Lisp is the second oldest high level programming language out there, Fortran is older. It was developed by Steve Russell. It was widely used for artificial intelligence, and other large data programs.,
  • Cobol was created

    Cobol is one of the oldest programming languages that ever was created. Its acronomym was COmmon Business-Oriented Language. It was really popular for business since personal computers for the public weren't really out.
  • RPG was created

    RPG was created
    RPG was created by IBM for business suited applications. It is a high level programming language and is available only on IBMs OS/400 systems.
  • Basic was created

    Basic was created
    Basic was created in 1964 in Dartmouth college. Basic is really a general purpose, high level programming language designed for computers that were just arriving on the market.
  • Logo was Created

    Logo was Created
    Logo ideally was created as an educational programming language that created graphics as you coded. I actually used this as a child, which was really cool. Created by Wally Feurzig
  • B was created

    B was created by Bell Labs, and was created by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. It was created for the Multics Project
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    C was Developed

    Was developed by Dennie Ritchie at Bell Labs. It was coded using assembly language on a computer that ran software like Unix.
  • ML was created

    ML was created
    ML, short for metalanguage, was created in 1970. It is commonly used for the Hindley-Milner interface algorithm. It was also used for mathematical reasons as well. It was developed by the University of Edinburgh
  • Pascal is Published

    Pascal is Published
    Pascal is a procedural programming language published in 1970 by Nikklaus Wirth to encourage good programming practices and data structuring. It is also object oriented
  • SQL was created

    SQL was created
    SQL was created for data management systems, such as software for data systems. It is a special purpose programming language designed for holding data. Developed by ISO
  • ADA was created

    ADA was created
    Ada was created under a contract from the Department of Defense. It was generally created to suit the DOD needs as they saw fit. It was named after the first programmer, Ada Lovelace
  • C++ Was Created

    C++ Was Created
    C++ is a very popular programming language. Like a lot of other popular programming languages, it was developed in Bell Labs. It is used from anywhere from making video games to making drivers for devices.
  • Python was created

    Python was created
    Python was created so that ideas both large and small can be created from them. Even the first version of Google ran Python. It is a multi platform, object oriented programming language. Mostly created executable programs. It was created by the Python Software Foundation
  • Delphi

    Delphi
    Delphi language was developed by Borland in 1995. It is an object oriented programming language, much like Visual Basic. However Delphi is old and most companies just use Java and C++
  • Java was created

    Java was created
    Java. A very popular programming language used by many companies today. It was made by Oracle. It is an object oriented programming language. The developer wanted it to be the programming language of "write once, run anywhere"
  • Javascript was created

    Javascript was created
    Javascript is a dynamic programming language. A popular language used for web based applications. It was originally developed by Mozilla and Netscape, who also is accredited for their famous Firefox products. Netscape was an old search engine.
  • Php was created

    Php was created
    Php is really server sided script to keep the server processes running smoothly and telling the server what to do. It is now installed on 2.1 million servers worldwide. It stands for Personal Hypertext Preprocessor. It was created by the PHP Group in 1995
  • Plankalkul

    Plankalkul
    Plankalkul was designed mainly for engineering purposes between 1943 and 1945. It was the first high level non-von neuman programming language. Kalkul means formal system, so Plankalkul means formal system for planning.
  • Visual Basic was created

    Visual Basic was created
    Visual Basic is an event driven programming language created by Microsoft for its own Windows platform.