8.2.5 History of Programming Languages

Who is considered by historians to be the first computer programmer?

• John von Neumann

• Ada Lovelace

What was the first compiled programming language that appeared in 1952?

• COBOL

• Autocode

What is the basic purpose of programming?

• To give specific instructions to a computer

• To perform calculations in a single second

Which of the following languages is NOT listed as one of the second major programming languages?

• COBOL

• Java

Who created the programming language FORTRAN in 1957 to handle complex math problems?

• John Backus

• Paul Allen

What was the programming language BASIC known for after being modified in 1964?

• It was a high-level, general-purpose language.

• It was the first product made by Microsoft.

Which programming language was developed in the 1970s and named after the French mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal?

• Pascal

• Perl

What is the relationship between the programming languages C and C++?

• C++ is an intermediate-level, object-oriented extension of C.

• C++ is a high-level language that replaced C.

What was Perl described as in the late 1990s?

• The blue that holds the internet together.

• An intermediate-level language with virtual functions.

Who created the Python programming language?

• James Gosling

• Guido van Rossum