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Programming languages of the 2000s

Every programming language in the Atlas that first appeared in the 2000s — 29 entries.

NameYearsStatusFamilyCreator / origin
C#2000–AliveCAnders Hejlsberg / Microsoft
D2001–AliveCWalter Bright / Digital Mars
Joy2001–DeadForthManfred von Thun
Piet2001–MaintenanceEsotericDavid Morgan-Mar
Shakespeare2001–MaintenanceEsotericJon Åslund & Karl Hasselström
Io2002–DormantSmalltalkSteve Dekorte
VB.NET2002–MaintenanceBASICMicrosoft
Factor2003–DormantForthSlava Pestov
Groovy2003–MaintenanceCJames Strachan / Apache
Scratch2003–AliveIndependentMIT Media Lab
Whitespace2003–MaintenanceEsotericEdwin Brady & Chris Morris
Scala2004–AliveMLMartin Odersky / EPFL
X102004–2017DeadIndependentIBM Research
F#2005–AliveMLDon Syme / Microsoft Research
Haxe2005–AliveCNicolas Cannasse
HolyC2005–2018DeadCTerry A. Davis
SPARK2005–AliveAdaPraxis → AdaCore
Fortress2006–2012DeadMLGuy Steele / Sun Labs
Luau2006–AliveLuaRoblox
PowerShell2006–AliveshellJeffrey Snover / Microsoft
Vala2006–MaintenanceCJürg Billeter
Agda2007–AliveMLUlf Norell / Chalmers
Clojure2007–AliveLispRich Hickey
Idris2007–AliveMLEdwin Brady
LOLCODE2007–DeadEsotericAdam Lindsay
Nim2008–AliveIndependentAndreas Rumpf
Chapel2009–AliveIndependentCray / HPE
CoffeeScript2009–DormantCJeremy Ashkenas
Go2009–AliveCPike, Thompson & Griesemer / Google