History of Programming Languages

Objective C

A derivative of C which was introduced in 1966. An object-oriented programming language that is built on top of C.

Java

A platform-independent programming language. A high-level programming language used to create applications for Web sites. Runs as a stand alone application or as an applet that executes inside web browsers.

Assembly Language

Created in the 1950s, the language uses mnemonic codes to represent specific machine code commands. It consists of a combination of simple words and numbers.

Fortran

FORmula TRANslator was created in 1957.Supported complex mathematical calculations.It is still used in weather and climate modeling, as well as computational chemistry and physics.

C++

General purpose programming language that Bell Telephone laboratories introduced in the mid-1980s. An object-oriented version of the C programming language.

Virtual Machine

It is it's job to finish compiling the Java program into machine language at the time of execution.

Byte-code

Program code that is in an intermediary format and partial compiled.

C language

Quickly became the most common programming language for writing system and application software. Small, highly portable language which requires minimal re-coding. Ability to directly access computer hardware.

COBOL

Stands for Common Business-Oriented Language. Created in the late 1950s. Supports the development of business applications.

Machine language

The lowest level of computer languages and the only language understood by computers. All programs are translated to this language before they will run in a process called compiling.