List of programming languages by date

Except where indicated, the date is the date of the first functional implementation.
For more information on languages, see the article History of languages. Any comments are welcome.

1948

Plancalcule. First high-level language. Date of first public description.

1949

Short code.

1951

A-0 (Math-Matic launch base).

1952

Autocode.

1955

FLOW-MATIC. Grace Hopper, first language with words .

1956

IPL.

1957

Fortran.
Matkh-Matic

1958

Fortran II.
Lisp - The beginning of John McCarthy's definitive work at MIT.
ALGOL is also called IAL (International Language Algorithm). The first description by a committee of European and American computer scientists .
Ial.
UNCOL. The first intermediate language for the virtual machine .

1959

Lisp 1.5
COBOL - Start of work.

1960

ALGOL 60. ALGOL 58 revision and first implementation.
APL - Start of work.
SPECIFIED KOBOL.
The first JIT concepts apply to Lisp.

1962

Nuclear submarine implemented.
Fortran IV.
SNOBOL - Start of work.
Simula.

1963

ALGOL 60 revised.
CPL. Cambridge and London Universities. Algol 60 extended version. BCPL predecessor.
PL/1 - Start of work.
Joss.

1964

Apl-360 implemented.
Bazik.
PL/1.
KOVSEL. Renamed POP-1 in 1966, a kind of LISP without brackets.
MATLAB. Becoming popular since MATHLAB 68.

1965

Snobble 3.

1966

Fortran 66.
Lisp 2.
Logo - Getting Started.
ISVIM.

1967

Snobble 4.
Simula 67. First object language. They interact by calling methods of other objects, construction taken in C++ and many other languages. The concept of coroutin is also introduced.
Bcpl.

1968

ALGOL 68.
Altran (fortran variant).
KOBOL is officially defined by ANSI.
Pascal, getting started.
Embedded logo.
Refal. Pattern-match goals, simpler than Prologue (in 1970).
QED: the editor's scripting language uses regular expressions and one of the first JIT interpreters developed by Ken Thompson

1969

PL/I implementation.
B. Precursor of C and C++.
Schedule.

1970

Prologue, start of work.
Smoltalk, start of work. Fully object-oriented, they communicate by sending messages to each other. Design taken by Lens-S.
Pascal.
Defined by MUMPS.
POP-2. Undoubtedly the first functional language to implement computed lambda.

1971.

PL-11.

1972

A description of Plankalkül has been published.
S.
Implemented prologue.
Intercal.
SASL. Purely functional, based on ISWIM.

1973

Komal.
Fort. The first stack-based language, a principle taken by the Java virtual machine.
ML. Influenced most functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang and OCaml.
Golux. Hayes described the procedural and logical language in its implementation.

1974

COBOL, the second ANSI specification.

1975

Tinie Basik, on a microcomputer.
Basic, from Bill Gates and Paul Allen, implemented on Altair, a microphone based on the 8080 Mits.
Scheme. Lisp type.
MATLAB.
CLU. Come up with an iterator and a generator with the keyword yield .

1976

Design System Language, the ancestor of PostScript .

1977

AWK. For text processing.
Mumps is an ANSI standard. Later renamed M.
Ada, getting started.
FIG-Forth, an implementation of Forth.
UCSD Pascal, PDP-11 computers based on Z80.
Modula, beginning of work.
IDL.
Icon. Goal-oriented.
Bourne Shell.

1978

Fortran 77 is the ANNECI standard.

1979

Recks.
Implemented icon.

1980

Smalltalk-80.
Modula-2.
C++.

1981

General LISP, start of work.
Fifth generation computer system. Project based on Prologue in Japan.

1982

ISO Pascal.
Objective S.

1983

Ada implemented.
Compilers on Microsoft microcomputers, as well as Digital.
Implemented C++.
Turbo Pascal (advert in Byte, big hit).

1984

Premier League 2.
Clipper.

1985

The fort is used by a submarine that finds the wreckage of the Titanic.
Oberon started.
Snobble 4 on microphones.
Postscript with printer.
DUMP. For simulation.
Camle.
Miranda. Functional, greatly inspired Haskell.

1986

Smalltalk/V on microphones..
Turbo Prologue.
Actor.
Eiffel.
Joe Armstrong's Erlang.
C++ complete.

1987

Hypertalk.
Pearl.
SQL 87.

1988

Oberon is implemented.
Tcl.

1989

ANSI C specifications.
C++ 2.0 - redefinition with multiple inheritance.
Modula 3.
Miranda.

1990

C++ 2.1 is overridden with templates and exceptions.
Fortran 90 adds box and derived types.
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Haskell.

1991

Python.
Visual Basic.

1992

Dylan.
Disco.

1993

AppleScript.
Samf. Derived from Smalltalk, uses the JIT interpreter before the invention of Java.
Lua.

1994

Java. Preliminary version.

1995

Java in Public with HotJava Browser, May 23.
Ada 95 - ISO revision with facilities and real time.
JavaScript.
PHP.
Ruby.
Delphi, Pascal's version.
Mercury.

1996

NetRexx.
OCaml.

1997

ECMAScript (standard for JavaScript).
Rebol.

1998

Open source erlang.

1999

C Standard 99.
ECMAScript version 1.5.
Motorcycle.

2000

C Scharp (C #).
D. C++ version with dynamic tables and collector.

2001

Aspect J.
Scriptol.
SuperX++.

2003

Factor.

2004

PHP 5.
The Rock.
Used. Python derivative.
ActionScript.

2005

Scriptol translator.
JavaFX Script.
F #.

2006

Objective Modula 2.
Rust. System language like C.
Cyclone.
Hux.

2007

Naked.
Scratch (MIT).
Klojura.

2008

EGL (IBM). Compiled into other high-level languages. Evolution of the instrument created in 1981.
Objective J.

2009

Agena.
Crack. Google scripting language derived from C++.
You go. System language and server on Google, replaces C, C++ or Python .
Nup.
CoffeeScript.

2010

Ani. All statements are executed simultaneously in this language .
Factories.
Gosu.
Julia. Mathematical language compatible with C with LLVM. An open source version is available in 2012.
Nim. Compiled with Python-like syntax.

2011

Dart. Alternative to JavaScript from Google .
DRAGON. Graphical language of specifications and universal use.
Xtend. Alternative to Java by Eclipse Foundation.
C++ 11. New C++ Version
Clean. Functional language.
Deck. System language.
Clay. General programming.
Ed.). Rebel-like.
Rust. Competing system language, alternative C, Mozilla. The first compiler in 2012, used by the Servo rendering engine.
Xtend. Java pre-compiler by Eclipse Foundation.
Squirrel. Object-oriented scripting language.

2012

Blocks. Google visual language.
Khalide. MIT graphic language.
TypeScript. Microsoft, an alternative to Dart, but compiles in JavaScript .
Ceylon. Red Hat. Similar to Dart or TypeScript, but compiled in Java bytecode.
LLJS. Low Level JavaScript is intermediate between C and JavaScript and is compiled in JavaScript.
Kotlin. JetBrain, for JVM.
Quorum. LOO with simple syntax for JVM.
Elixir. A more readable version of Erlang .
Elm. Functional and reactive. Frontend at JS.

2013

Asm.js. Not a language in itself, but a subset of JavaScript with an AOT compiler. This is primarily a new way to implement applications .
BODOL. Fanzioner type Lisp.
Tungsten. Interface in Mathematica, for knowledge processing and symbolic calculation .

2014

Dotty. Derivative of the Rock from one of the authors.
Hack. Through Facebook - PHP version with typed static variables.
Jeeves. Jean Young. Language suitable for protecting privacy. Implemented in extensions to Scala and Python.
Swift. Apple will replace Objective-C on MacOS or iOS.
Wyvern. Carnegie Mellon University for Secure Applications.
Avail. Close to natural language.
Loki. Similar to C++ without complexity, compatibility with LLVM code .

2015

Krystal. Language compiled with Ruby syntax.

2016

Simit. MIT, created to replace Matlab, the Julia syntax, but compiled in C++.
Zig. Mozilla parody language imitating Rust.

2017

WebAssembly. W3C, an intermediate language running in a browser .
Hobbs. Morgan Stanley Bank. Used alone or as an extension of a C++ match pattern.

2019

Bosque. Microsoft. Another C-like that wants to be simple while introducing new concepts.
Roof. A language close to Python, but faster for IoT (Internet of Things), and especially the ESP32 microcontroller. V8 and Dart developers.
Janet. Similar to Lisp.

2022

Markov the Younger. A program is a combination of rules and conclusions that are implemented through propagation constraints.
Grain. A simple syntax language compiled in WebAssembly.

2024

Pkl. Customization language with Go-style scripting.

For alphabetical order, see also the complete list of languages.