It is a reputation for the software development field as an environment run by men. While women have an important influence, the media have not thoroughly addressed their contribution. The creation of programming languages is a field in which women have made a significant and sustainable contribution. The first computer programmer in the world was also a woman.

Technology is now storming this planet. It is an invention that everything we have around us. Without technology, today’s lives will be unlikely. Men also dominated the software development industry. Women do also have an influence too, but the media still doesn’t report their contribution extensively.

In recent years there has been a substantial rise in the number of female software developers. As you might know, the first computer programmer in the world was a woman and she contributed a long time to programming languages development. Let’s see eight languages which women have developed.

The first thing that comes into mind when we speak about software development is that it is a masculine area. We know nothing about the extraordinary women who have contributed a lot to programming over the decades. Today, women created and developed programming languages that had a significant, sustainable effect on software development since processors were launched.

I would like to highlight a few of these women here today who have contributed to a big programming shift.

8 languages produced by women are the following:

1.ARC Assembly by Kathleen Booth (1950)

In 1950 Kathleen Booth developed the language of assembly (a low-level symbolic code programming languages for a computer). The assembler she developed at Birkbeck college in London was also the first ARC machine.

In order to simplify and efficient programming, assembly language was developed. She also taught a computer course and worked there.

In the early days of computer programming, the machine code language was developed. This was when programmes in a 0s and 1s sequence had to be written in machine code. Assembly language has been developed to promote and efficient computer programmes. In 1950 Kathleen Booth wrote for ARC (Automatic Relay Calculator) Programmatical language of the assembly. When she worked at Birkbeck College in the UK, Kathleen developed her language.

The Kathleen Booth ARC Assembly was created when she worked at Birkbeck College in the United Kingdom in 1950. Such were the beginning days of programming, and in a variety of zones and zones you had to write programmes.

A Relay calculator or ARC language for the ARC computer has been created to simplify, simplify and reliable computer programmes.

3.COBOL by Grace Hopper (1959)

Dr. Grace Hopper, a Rear Admiral in the US Navy, wrote the world’s first compiler to be introduced.

Grace Hopper and other participants of the Data Systems Language Records conference of 1959 also designed the Popular Business-oriented Language (COBOL). The language was derived from the need for data processing programming by the US government and companies. At the time of development, Hopper worked on the UNIVAC system.

Grace Hopper is one of the most renowned names in programming history. She was one of the first computer programmers. She was an American informatician and a US rear admiral of the Navy.

Grace was one of the first Harvard Mark I programmers to invent the machine and invented the first programme language compiler. Hopper also led its team, the first user-friendly business computer software, COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language).

Grace Hopper, the rear admiral of the U.S. Navy during work on the UNIVAC systems in 1959, developed the popular business-oriented language (COBOL).

The language was originally developed for the US government and companies looking for a programming languages for data processing. The contribution to language creation is also important for Hopper, as well as for other Members of the Data Systems Language Records Conference.

3.FORMAC by Jean Sammet (1962)

For mathematical calculation and scientific computing, the IBM created FORTRAN in the 1950s. Jean Sammet was employed by the organisation for language training. The FORMAC (FORmsula MAnipulation Compiler) extension was created by Sammet in 1962. Later on, the language became one of the most common symbolic maths languages.

Jean Sammet invented the Formula Manipulation Compiler or FORMAC in 1962. This is essentially an expansion of IBM’s FORTRAN in the 50’s. Jean was employed by the company to work with the language and to make it more useful for math and scientific computation.

In 1962, she created a language extension that became common later with symbolic mathematical calculations.

The programming languages FORMAC, the first computer language commonly used for the symbolic manipulation of mathematical formulas, was created by an American computer scientist Jean Sammet. Prior to being employed to create FORMAC, as part of the group that created COBOL, she had worked alongside Grace Hopper.

 4.CLU by Barbara Liskov (1974)

CLU’s creation was a progressive move in object-oriented programming. At MIT, Barbara Liskov led the creation of CLU. Liskov stands as the first women to earn a doctorate in computer science in the provinces of the United States. Later on, she introduced ideas such as abstract data forms, concurrent assignments and iterators. Although there were no main OO characteristics in the language, it had an impact on famous modern languages such as Java, Python and C++.

CLU was a significant step in the direction of object-oriented programming. Barbara Liskov founded it in 1974.

Barbara was the first female to receive a doctorate in computer science in the United States. She was at MIT when this language was developed and subsequently introduces concepts such as abstract data types, iterators and parallel assignment.

Although the language lacked main object-oriented features, modern languages such as Java, Python, and C++ were strongly influenced.

 5.BBC BASIC by Sophie Wilson (1981)

BBC BASIC was the first television programming language. In 1981 the BBC wished to provide information on a programme entitled The Electronic Literacy Initiative. The language for the software was specially designed. The new BASIC version for BBC in under 16KB has been produced by Sophie Wilson. Procedures, functionality and IF-THEN-ELSE layout included the vocabulary.

Sophie Wilson, an informatics scientist, founded BBC BASIC in 1981. It was the first television programming languages developed. The language was developed specifically for BBC, which decided to broadcast the ‘Computing Literacy Initiative’ campaign.

The purpose of this project was to provide programming instructions for people who were later implemented by Sophie, who wrote a new BASIC version for BBC at less than 16KB. Procedures, features and IF-THEN-ELSE structures included BBC BASIC.

 6.The Graphical Adventure Games by Roberta Williams

Who doesn’t like video games! You must thank Roberta Williams if you are a fan of video games. In personal computers, particularly in the King’s Question series, she did ground-breaking work.

Graphical adventure games are not fashionable these days, but at that time they were one of the most popular. These games have helped pave the way for new multicultural games today.

7.Perlman Radia – Internet Mother

Radia Joy Perlman is a network engineer and software designer. Her invention of the span protocol is most prominent, which is important for the functioning of network bridges during her work with the company. She’s known as the web mother very popularly. But behind the curtains she prefers to linger and people don’t want to call her this.

8.The First Programmer of Computer – Ada Lovelace

The first computer programmer in the world was called Ada Lovelace.

She is best known for her work on the mechanical general-purpose machine, the Analytical Engine, proposed by Charles Babbage. She was so scientifically brilliant and exceptional that she invented a computer algorithm which did not exist until long ago.

Last but not least

These are just some names from the vast pool of incredible women who contributed to the world of programming. This article is available in the comment box to express your thoughts and views. Please let your friends know this article and don’t forget to subscribe to our website and social media channels.

For this post, that’s it. I know there are many other women who have had a huge impact in the software industry, but here you must note the extremely good success of these women in creating languages of programming with minimal resources at the time.