1883: The first programming language was developed in 1883 when Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage

worked together on the Analytical Engine, which was a primitive9 mechanical computer. Lovelace was
able to discern the importance of numbers, realizing that they could.

represent more than just numerical values of things. Lovelace wrote an algorithm for the Analytical
Engine, the first computer program, to compute Bernoulli numbers.

1949: Assembly language was first used as a type of computer programming language that was able to
simplify machine code language, which is necessary for telling a computer what to do.

1952: Alick Glennie developed Autocode, which some consider to be the first compiled computer
programming language. This means it could be translated directly into machine code.

1957: John Backus created FORTRAN, which is a computer programming language for working with
scientific, mathematical, and statistical projects.

John Backus

1958: Algol was created as an algorithmic language. It was also a precursor to programming languages
such as Java and C.

1959: COBOL was created by Dr. Grace Murray Hopper to be a language that could operate on all types
of computers.

Grace Murray Hopper

1959: John McCarthy created LISP, which is still used today. This programming language was designed for
use in artificial intelligence research, and today, it can be used with Python and Ruby.

The Roots of LISP=

1964: John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz developed BASIC for students without a strong background
in technology and math, enabling them to still use computers.

1970: Niklaus Wirth developed Pascal, naming it after Blaise Pascal. This language is easy to learn and
was the main language used by Apple for early software development.

The Pascal Language Page

1972: Alan Kay, Adele Goldberg, and Dan Ingalls developed Smalltalk, which enabled computer
programmers to change code quickly.

1972: Dennis Ritchie developed C, generally regarded as the first high-level programming language. This
means that it's closer to human language and less like machine code.

The C Programming Language

1972: Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce developed SQL for IBM. This language was used for
viewing and changing data stored in databases.
Introduction to SQL

1978: Cleve Moler developed MATLAB for writing math programs. This language is used for research and
education.

1983: Brad Cox and Tom Love created Objective-C as the main language used for writing Apple software.

1983: Bjarne Stroustrup created C++, which is an extension of the C programming language. This is one
of the most used languages in the world.

1987: Larry Wall developed Perl as a scripting language, used for text editing to simplify report
processing.

Script Programming With Perl

1990: Haskell was developed as a functional computer programming language used to process
complicated math calculations.

1991: Guido Van Rossum developed Python, which is a simplified computer language that is easy to
read.

Welcome to Python

1991: Microsoft developed Visual Basic, which enabled programmers to select and change specific
chunks of code with a drag-and-drop process.

1993: Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman developed R for statisticians who needed to perform data
analysis.

1995: Sun Microsystems developed Java, originally intended to be used with hand-held devices.

What Is Java?

1995: Rasmus Lerdorf developed PHP, mainly for Web development. PHP continues to be widely used in
Web development today.

What Is PHP?

1995: Yukihiro Matsumoto developed Ruby as an all-purpose programming language, ideal for many
programming jobs. Ruby is widely used in the development of Web applications.

What is Ruby?

1995: Brendan Eich developed JavaScript to enhance Web browser interactions.

2000: Microsoft developed C# as a combination of C++ and Visual Basic. C# is similar to Java in some
ways.

What Is C#?

2003: Martin Odersky created Scala as a programing language that combines aspects of functional
programming.

2003: James Strachan and Bob McWhirter developed Groovy as an offshoot of Java.
2009: Google developed Go to solve issues that commonly occur with large software systems.

2014: Apple developed Swift to replace C, C++, and Objective-C.