A Computer programming language is a formally structured language to communicate instructions to a computer to make it perform what the user wants it to do.Programming languages are used to control the behavior of computer and to translate algorithms into a form that a computer can understand.Some of the famous Computer Programming Languages are FORTRAN,COBOL,BASIC,C,PASCAL,C++,PYTHON,JAVA,RUBY and JAVA SCRIPT.The infographic shown below, describes a brief history and evolution of some of the most popular programming languages:
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This infographic also shows the popularity of Computer Programming Languages in 2011.
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