Milestones in Programming Languages

Ada Lovelace

Invented the first machine algorithm

Machine Language

Made in 1843 which lead to the idea of programming languages

Plankalkül

It was the first high-level programming language ever developed

Plankalkül

This language included mathematical expressions, showing the current relationships between program variables and the ability to store codes that enabled engineers to carry out routine, repetitive tasks more efficiently and quickly.

Konrad Zuse

A German scientist who developed a language for expressing computations for the Z4 computer.

Assembly Language

A low-level programming language developed to simplify machine code for writing instructions for processors.

Kathleen Booth

An British computer scientist who wrote the first assembly language.

Shortcode

Implemented by William Schmitt to improve the operations of the BINAC and UNIVAC computers.

Autocode

It was considered the first compiled programming language that could be translated into machine code using a special application known as the compiler.

Alick Glennie

coined “Autocode” to refer to a set of programming languages.

Program Calculus

Plankalkül means:

Fortran

Created to shorten the process of programming and make computer programming more accessible. It is still used today in supercomputers and scientific and mathematical computations.

Formula Translation

It is what Fortran is short for.

John Backus

The creator of Fortran

ALGOL

It became the point of origin for other programming languages, including Pascal, Java, C, and C++.

Algorithmic Language

It is what ALGOL is short for:

LISP

It is one of the oldest computer programming languages still used today by AI companies like Boeing and Genworks.

John McCarthy

The creator of LISP and coined the term “Artificial Intelligence”

List Processor

It is what LISP is short for:

COBOL

It was estimated to be in use by over 100 million people and is still widely used in today's banking systems.

Common Business Oriented Language

It is what COBOL stands for:

dr. Grace Murray Hopper

The developer of COBOL

BASIC

Created as a computer programming language for beginners by Dartmouth College students.

Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

It is what BASIC stands for.

BASIC

Microsoft's first commercially successful product

Pascal

Apple was one of the leading companies to endorse this due to its streamlined and straightforward process.

Niklaus Wirth

The developer of Pascal

Blaise Pascal

The mathematician that Pascal was named after.

C

It is recommended for creating embedded system drivers and applications.

Dennis Ritchie

The developer of the C language

SQL

Used for modifying, viewing, and altering information in databases.

Structured Query Language

It is what SQL stands for.

Raymond Boyce and Donald Chamberlain

The two co-creators of SQL

C++

A modified version of C

Bjarne Stroustrup

The developer of C++

Objective-C

The primary programming language used to create applications for Apple’s iOS, macOS, and iPad operating systems.

Brad Cox and Tom Love

The co-creators of Objective-C

Python

It is a general-purpose, high-level language.

Guido Van Rossum

creator of Python

Visual Basic

Created by Microsoft. It allows users to drag and drop sections of code simultaneously. Users can choose from various options in the drop-down menus and change different codes.

Java

It is considered one of the world’s most famous and popular programming languages for coding web applications. It is a multiplatform, object-oriented, and network-centric language that can be used as a platform.

James Gosling

Creator of Java

JavaScript

Primarily used as a scripting language in websites. It is also used for web development, PDF documents, and desktop widgets.

Brendan Eich

Creator of JavaScript

PHP

Used to build and maintain web pages and server-side development. Facebook, Wikipedia, and WordPress use this language.

Rasmus Lerdorf

The developer of PHP

PHP

Previously known as Personal Home Page, now known as Hypertext Preprocessor.