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Very early computers were programmed directly in [machine code](machine_code.md), there weren't even any assemblers and assembly languages, programmers had to do things like search for opcodes in computer manuals, manually encode data and get this all onto punch cards or in better case use some primitive interface such as so called "front panel" to program the computer. These kinds of machine languages that were used back then are now called **first generation languages**.
Very early computers were programmed directly in [machine code](machine_code.md), there weren't even any assemblers and assembly languages around, programmers had to do things like search for opcodes in computer manuals, manually encode data and get this all onto punch cards or in better case use some primitive interface such as so called "front panel" to program the computer. These kinds of machine languages that were used back then are now called **first generation languages**.
The **first higher level programming language** was probably Plankalkul made by Konrad Zuse some time shortly after 1942, though it didn't run on any computer, it was only in stage of specification -- implementation of it would only be made much later, in 1975. It was quite advanced -- it had [functions](function.md), arrays, exceptions and some advanced data structures, though it for example didn't support [recursive](recursion.md) calls.
The **first higher level programming language** was probably Plankalkul made by Konrad Zuse some time shortly after 1942, though it didn't run on any computer, it was only in stage of specification -- implementation of it would only be made much later, in 1975. It was quite advanced -- it had [functions](function.md), arrays, exceptions and some advanced data structures, though it for example didn't support [recursive](recursion.md) calls. It was important as it planted the seed of an idea of an abstract, higher level, machine independent language.
The **first [assembly](assembly.md) language** was created by Maurice Wilkes and his team for the [EDSAC](edsac.md) computer released in 1949. It used single letters for instructions. Assembly languages are called **second generation languages**, they further help with programming, though still at very low level. Programmers were now able to write text (as opposed to plain numbers), instructions got human friendlier names and assemblers did some simple but tedious tasks automatically, but it's still it was pretty tedious to write in assembly and programs were still machine specific, non-portable.
Only the **third generation languages** made the step of adding [abstraction](abstraction.md) to achieve a level of comfortable development and portability -- programmers would be able to e.g. write algebraic expressions that would be automatically translated to specific instructions by the language compiler; it would be enough to write the program once and then automatically compile it for different CPUs, without the need to rewrite it. **[Fortran](fortran.md)** is considered to be first such language, made in 1957 by [IBM](ibm.md). Fortran would develop and change throughout the years, it was standardized and added more "features", it became quite popular and is still used even nowadays, it is known for being very fast.
Only the **third generation languages** made the step of adding significant [abstraction](abstraction.md) to achieve a level of comfortable development and portability -- programmers would be able to e.g. write algebraic expressions that would be automatically translated to specific instructions by the language compiler; it would be enough to write the program once and then automatically compile it for different CPUs, without the need to rewrite it. **[Fortran](fortran.md)** is considered to be first such language, made in 1957 by [IBM](ibm.md). Fortran would develop and change throughout the years, it was standardized and added more "features", it became quite popular and is still used even nowadays, it is known for being very fast. In 1958 John McCarthy started to develop **[Lisp](lisp.md)**, a highly elegant, high level language that would spawn many derivatives and remains very popular even nowadays.
Perhaps the greatest event was invention of the **[C](c.md) language** in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kerninghan who used it as a tool for their [Unix](unix.md) operating system. The early version C was quite different from today's C but the language as a whole is undoubtedly the most important one in history -- it's not the most elegant one but it achieved the exactly correct mixture of features, simplicity and correct design choices such as allowing freedom and flexibility of implementation that would in turn lead to extreme efficiency and adoption by many, to standardization, further leading to many implementations and their high [optimization](optimization.dm) which in turned increased C's popularity yet more and so on. From this point on new languages would typically in one way or another try to iterate on C.
During late 60s the term [object oriented programming](oop.md) (OOP) appeared, as well as first languages such as Simula and [Smalltalk](smalltalk.md) that were based on this [paradigm](paradigm.md). Back then it was a rather academic experiment, not really harmful in itself; later on OOP would be seized and raped by capitalists to break computers. In 1964 the language called **[BASIC](basic.md)** appeared that was aimed at making programming easier even for non-professionals -- it would become a very popular language for the home computers. On a similar not in 1970 **[Pascal](pascal.md)** was created to be an educational language -- some hackers already saw this as too much of a retardization of programming languages (see the famous *Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal* essay).
Also in 1972 the **first [esoteric programming language](esolang.md)** -- INTERCAL -- was created as kind of parody language. This would create a dedicated community of people creating similar "funny" language, which is highly active even today.
One of the most notable events in history of programming languages was the invention of the **[C](c.md) language** in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kerninghan who used it as a tool for their [Unix](unix.md) operating system. The early version C was quite different from today's C but the language as a whole is undoubtedly the most important one in history -- it's not the most elegant one but it achieved the exactly correct mixture of features, simplicity and correct design choices such as allowing freedom and flexibility of implementation that would in turn lead to extreme efficiency and adoption by many, to standardization, further leading to many implementations and their high [optimization](optimization.dm) which in turned increased C's popularity yet more and so on. From this point on new languages would typically in one way or another try to iterate on C. Also in 1972 the **first [esoteric programming language](esolang.md)** -- INTERCAL -- was created as kind of parody language. This would create a dedicated community of people creating similar "funny" language, which is highly active even today.
TODO: esolangs, JS, Python, Java, x86
In 1978 the Intel 8086 [CPU](cpu.md) was released, giving rise to the **[x86](x86.md) assembly** language -- the assembly that would become perhaps the most widely used ones, owing to the popularity of Intel CPUs. In 1979 Bjarne Stroustrup sadly started to work on **[C++](cpp.md)**, a language that would rape the concept of [object oriented programming](oop.md) introduced by languages like Simula and Smalltalk in a highly twisted, [capitalist way](capitalist_software.md), starting the trend of creating ugly, [bloated](bloat.md) languages focused on profit making.
Just before the 90s, in the year of our Lord 1989, the ANSI C standard (also known as C89) was released -- this is considered one of the best C standards. In 1991 **[Java](java.md)**, a slow, bloated, purely capital-oriented language with FORCED [OOP](oop.md) started to be developed by *Sun Microsystems*. This was a disaster, it would lead to completely fucking up computer for ever after. In the same year **[Python](python.md)** -- a language for retards -- appeared, which would also greatly contribute to destroying computer technology in a few decades. Meanwhile after some spark of renewed interest in esoteric languages **[Brainfuck](brainfuck.md)** was made in 1993 and went on to become probably the most popular among esoteric languages -- this was at least one good events. However in 1995 another disaster struck when **[JavaScript](javascript.md)** was announced, this would later on completely destroy the whole [web](www.md). At the end of 90s, in 1999, the other one of the two best C standards -- C99 -- was released. This basically marks the end of good events in the world of programming languages, with some minor exceptions such as the creation of [comun](comun.md) in 2022.
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