Our day usually begins with checking our smartphones to switching on our laptops.
When we reach the office, we switch on the desktop to start the days work.
Even as we read this article, newer languages like Googles Go and Apples Swift are slowly gaining popularity.
In this world of C, C++, Java, Ruby on Rails etc.
which was the first programming language ever written?
This is a very difficult question to answer.
History of programming languages starts with Ada Lovelace (1840) who is widely regarded as the first programmer.
The set of symbols she developed is considered the first programming language by many purists.
To back up their claims, they cite various programs and mathematical simulation written by Turing.
Plankalkul was created by a German engineer Konrad Zuse for engineering purposes between 1942 and 1945.
The literal meaning of Plankalkul is formal system (kalkul) for planning (plan).
Plankalkul was created by Zuse somewhere between 1942 and 1945.
It is believed that Fortran and Lisp take off from where Plankalkul left off.
Also, notes about how Zuse worked on developing Plankalkul in 1941, with scribblings survive to this date.
In 1944 Zuse met with the German logician and philosopher Heinrich Scholz and they discussed Zuses Plankalkul.
Heres how Hello world!
Later in 1998 and 2000, there were instances of other independent implementations.
source: www.techworm.net
