Programming language

Programming Language

A programming language is a way to translate in a reproducible way actions from the programmer into a code the central processing unit CPU van understand and execute. Normally it exists of a series of data definitions combined with logic applied to these data. Generally a computer language reflects the state of development of the hardware and its processing power.

An attempt to give a chronological overview of all present known programming languages for computers, divided on:

compilers

1. ASSEMBLER
2. ALGOL
3. COBOL
4. FORTRAN
5. BASIC
6. MUMPS
7. PASCAL
8. C
9. C++
10. Visual Basic
11. Basicscript
12. NextStep
13. Java
14. Javascript

interpretors

1. BASIC
2. APL
3. Basicscript
4. Javascript
5. Pike
6. Ruby

embedded

1. C
2. C++
3. Assembly

IDE

1. Visual Studio
2. CodeWarrior
3. XCode

database programming languages

1. SQL
2. PL/SQL

4GL

1. DML
2. SQL

all items come with a short description and a typical way to use the language.