Overview of Programming Language

The history of programming language gives us the complete details of gradual development of programming language since its origin. The idea of computer programming language was based on the concept of difference engine of Charles Babbage. It was in the year 1822 that this difference engine was used for the first time to transfer task related command to the computer system. History of programming language shows that programming language has undergone substantial changes over the last few decades.

Earliest Forms of Programming

Initially the difference engine of Charles Babbage was used as gears to perform the quantitative tasks. Physical motion was the primitive version of computer language. Following the introduction of ENIAC in the year 1942, the electric signals started its journey in the field of computer programming. The electric signals followed the same mechanism used by difference engine. However, the difference between the two lies in their modes of operation.

Modern Versions of Programming Language

The history of programming reveals that the modern version of programming language was launched in 1957 in FORTRAN format. FORTRAN, designed by IBM, served as a medium for translating formula. However this form of programming language was the simplest of all the versions used so far.

The Algol language introduced in the following year was a major breakthrough in the history of programming. Algol has contributed substantially in the development of modern programming languages like Java, C, C++ and Pascal. The programming language Pascal, presents a unique combination of FORTRAN, ALGOL, COBOL and some other commonly used languages.

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