Timeline by Anthoni

Fortran (1954)

190358s1 — 2024-09-18 18:00:53 UTC

Fortran (short for formula translation) was invented in 1954 by John Backus. It was the first coding language ever to be created. Fortran was primarily used for simulating different scenarios, data analysis and solving difficult equations

ALGOL (1958)

190358s1 — 2024-09-18 18:09:09 UTC

ALGOL was created by the international committee of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), led by Alan J. Perlis. ALGOL was created for expressing algorithms and mathematical computations and teaching programming concepts.

LISP (1958)

190358s1 — 2024-09-18 18:14:17 UTC

LISP was created by John McCarthy who was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence. LISP mainly used in the research of early artificial intelligence, and manipulating symbols and expressions, making it useful in various mathematical applications

COBOL (1959)

190358s1 — 2024-09-18 18:19:17 UTC

COBOL was created by Grace Murray Hopper, she was American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. She was a pioneer of computer programming. COBOL was mainly used for business environments for processing large volumes of data, such as payroll, billing, and inventory management systems, and many government agencies utilize COBOL for administrative systems and record-keeping due to its reliability and ability to handle large datasets.

BASIC (1964)

190358s1 — 2024-09-20 16:32:57 UTC

BASIC was developed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College. The two faculty members who first drove the implementation of computing at Dartmouth. BASIC is a coding language designed to be easy to learn for beginners and it allows users to create simple programs for simple tasks like, arithmetic calculations, input and output data, and control structures.

PASCAL (1970)

190358s1 — 2024-09-20 16:39:35 UTC

PASCAL was developed by Niklaus Wirth, he was a Swiss computer scientist. PASCAL was one of the most widely used languages for programming instruction. It was available on nearly all computers, and, because of its familiarity, clarity, and security, it was used for production software as well as for education. The functions of PASCAL were, developing various applications, including business software and games, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, and used for system-level programming and software development on platforms such as Delphi.

C (1972)

190358s1 — 2024-09-20 16:45:43 UTC

C was developed by Dennis Ritchie, he was an American computer scientist at Bell Laboratories. C was made as versatile and powerful programming language that has been widely used for various applications, including develop operating systems (like UNIX), compilers, and other system-level software, it was also used for developing a variety of applications, from simple utilities to complex software systems, and it was used to create network applications and protocols due to its ability to directly manipulate memory and system resources.

Ada (1980)

190358s1 — 2024-09-24 18:43:04 UTC

Ada was designed by Jean Ichbiah of Honeywell who was a computer scientist from the French company CII-Bull. Ada is a high level programming language that specializes in Control systems for aircraft and spacecraft, Military applications and embedded systems, and Safety-critical systems in railways and automotive.

C++ (1983)

190358s1 — 2024-09-24 18:49:26 UTC

C++ was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Laboratories, C++ is a versatile coding language. its used in Operating systems, device drivers, and file systems, High-performance games and game engines, and GUI applications, desktop software, and productivity tools.

Perl (1987)

190358s1 — 2024-09-26 17:28:20 UTC

Perl was created by Larry Wall is a American programmer who was employed by System Development Corporation. Perl is mainly used for processing large amounts of data which makes it ideal for pattern matching and data extraction, its also used for web development like web scripting, and early on in its development it was used for CGI scripts that interacted with web severs