A programming language is a set of syntax rules that define a computer program. It is a standardized communication language used to send instructions to a computer. A computer language allows programmers to accurately define the data that a computer needs to use and precisely define what actions should be taken in different situations. Although people have tried many times to create a universal programming language, none of the attempts have been successful. The reason why there are so many different programming languages is different from the original intention of the design program language, the pursuit of language learning curve, the difference of running cost between different programs.
The history of programming languages is older than the advent of the true meaning of computers. In the 19th century there were "programmable" looms and piano-playing devices, all of which were examples of domain-specific language (DSL). Detailed downloadable programming History Summary
Chronicle of the development of programming languages
we have a statistical 256 programming languages, of course, only a few of these languages are common or practical.
1951–regional Assembly Language
1952–autocode
1954–IPL (The ancestor of the Lisp language)
1955–flow-matic (the ancestor of the COBOL language)
1957–fortran (first compiled language)
1957–comtran (the ancestor of the COBOL language)
1958–lisp
1958–algol 58
1959–fact (the ancestor of the COBOL language)
1959–cobol
1959–rpg
1962–apl
1962–simula
1962–snobol
1963–cpl (ancestor of C language)
1964–basic
1964–pl/i
1966–joss
1967–bcpl (ancestor of C language)
1968–logo
1969–b (ancestor of C language)
1970–pascal
1970–forth
1972–c
1972–smalltalk
1972–prolog
1973–ml
1975–scheme
1978–sql
1980–c++ (C language of existing class, renamed in July 1983)
1983–ada
1984–common Lisp
1984–matlab
1985–eiffel
1986–objective-c
1986–erlang
1987–perl
1988–tcl
1988–mathematica
1989–fl
1990–haskell
1991–python
1991–visual Basic
1993–ruby
1993–lua
1994–clos (part of the ANSI Common Lisp)
1995–java
1995–delphi (Object Pascal)
1995–javascript
1995–php
1996–webdna
1997–rebol
1999–d
2000–actionscript
2001–c#
2001–visual Basic. NET
2002–f#
2003–groovy
2003–scala
2007–clojure
2009–go
2011–dart
since 1951, 256 programming languages have been invented by humans, and each language has some new features. The programming language is constantly innovating, and soon there will be new programming languages beyond that list. for more programming language Tutorials , You can visit the E-mentor Web.
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The programming language history that programmers should know