The computer has become an essential part of our daily
lives. It is no secret that it has dominated this era known as the digital age.
However, not many people know the time and effort it takes to program a certain
algorithm and implement the code.
Computers obviously don’t understand human language. Humans
communicate with computers using special languages made especially for computers
which include logics and numbers. This piece of script is called a code, and
the code is implemented to make a program. The website you are reading this
text also has a ton of code written behind it so that this text can be conveyed
to you. These codes made able for the man to reach the moon in the first place.
Computer science is now growing more than ever in history
and is constantly producing newer computer programming languages while making
the older ones obsolete. Since computers have been around for a long time,
there have been lots of programming languages. At first, they had a few flaws,
but as time passed, the technological perfections were made.
The first programming language was invented in the 19th
century by a mathematician Ada Lovelace, and since then, the programming
languages have come a long way. Today, there are many programming languages out
there with Java and Python being one of the most popular programming languages.
Other programming languages include C++, C#, Ruby on Rails, Kotlin, PHP,
JavaScript, and many more.
Have a look at the following infographic to see the
evolution of programming languages.
