Programming Languages Quiz

Developed by Apple as a replacement for C, C++, and Objective-C, it was developed with the intention to be easier than the aforementioned languages and allow less room for error.

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Swift

This programming language was developed by Rasmus Lerdorf. Its primary uses include building and maintaining dynamic web pages, as well as server-side development.

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Hypertext Preprocessor

Developed by Brad Cox and Tom Love,It's the main programming language used to write software for macOS and iOS, Apple's operating systems.

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Objective-C

It was developed as a learning tool for computer programming which meant it was easy to learn. It was favored by Apple in the company's early days, because of its ease of use and power.

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Pascal

was created by Larry Wall and is a general-purpose, high-level programming language. It was originally designed as a scripting language designed for text editing but nowadays it's widely used for many purposes such as CGI, database applications, system administration, network programming, and graphic programming.

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Perl

was first developed by IBM researchers Raymond Boyce and Donald Chamberlain. It is used for viewing and changing information that is stored in databases.

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Structured Query Langue

was invented by John McCarthy at the Massachusetts Institue of Technology (MIT). Originally purposed for artificial intelligence

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List Processor

was developed by Google to address issues that occur due to large software systems.

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Go

Developed at Microsoft with the hope of combining the computing ability of C++ with the simplicity of Visual Basic

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C#

was a general term used for a family of programming languages. First developed by Alick Glennie for the Mark 1 computer at the University of Manchester, was the first-ever compiled language to be implemented meaning that it can be translated directly into machine code using a program called a compiler.

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