Programming languages of the 1950s
Every programming language in the Atlas that first appeared in the 1950s — 10 entries.
| Name | Years | Status | Family | Creator / origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short Code | 1950–1953 | Lost | Independent | John Mauchly / Remington Rand |
| A-0 SystemA-0 | 1952–1955 | Dead | Independent | Grace Hopper / Remington Rand |
| Autocode | 1952–1955 | Dead | Independent | Alick Glennie / University of Manchester |
| FLOW-MATIC | 1955–1959 | Dead | Independent | Grace Hopper / Remington Rand |
| COMTRAN | 1957–1960 | Dead | Independent | Bob Bemer / IBM |
| FORTRANFortran | 1957– | Alive | FORTRAN | John Backus / IBM |
| ALGOL 58IAL, Zürich ALGOL | 1958–1959 | Dead | ALGOL | ACM/GAMM committee |
| LISPLisp | 1958– | Superseded | Lisp | John McCarthy / MIT |
| COBOL | 1959– | Maintenance | COBOL | CODASYL committee / Grace Hopper et al |
| RPGRPG IV, Report Program Generator | 1959– | Maintenance | RPG | IBM |