The evolution of computer languages (infographic) | ExtremeTech

The evolution of computer languages (infographic) | ExtremeTech http://www.extremetech.com/computing/91572-the-evolution-of-computer-langua? Programming languages, believe it or not, have existed for over 200 years, since the invention of the punch-card-programmable Jacquard loom. It wasn't a programming language in the modern sense - there was no computation and no logic - but it started a cascade that would eventually lead to Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine, and Ada Lovelace's 1842 deconstruction of his work which led to the first computer program.