The history of programming languages spans from documentation of early mechanical computers to modern tools for software development. Early programming languages were highly specialized, relying on See more

During 1842–1849, Ada Lovelace translated the memoir of Italian mathematician Luigi Menabrea about Charles Babbage's newest proposed machine: the See more

The period from the late 1960s to the late 1970s brought a major flowering of programming languages. Most of the major language paradigms now in use were invented in this … See more

The rapid growth of the Internet in the mid-1990s was the next major historic event in programming languages. By opening up a radically new platform for computer systems, the Internet created an opportunity for new languages to be adopted. In … See more

In the 1940s, the first recognizably modern electrically powered computers were created. The limited speed and memory capacity forced … See more

The 1980s were years of relative consolidation in imperative languages. Rather than inventing new paradigms, all of these movements … See more

Programming language evolution continues, in both industry and research. Some of the recent trends have included:
• Increasing support for functional programming in mainstream languages used commercially, including purely functional programming See more