The Future of Computer Programming Computers are probably the most important invention of this century, if not of all time. Right now people use computers for practically everything in the world and they are becoming a necessity in people's lives just like many other new technologies. Saying you can't use a computer these days is almost like saying you're illiterate. For computers to work and be accessible to people, there must be applications or instructions for the computer. To create these applications it is necessary to write them by programming in a specific computer language. These languages ​​are usually a bit difficult to learn and many people avoid them. As technology has progressed, there has been the development of new and simpler programming languages, but it is still difficult for children and those who don't have much experience with computers to learn. Since this dilemma exists in the world today, many scientists and computer experts have come together to discuss new ways of approaching the problem. One solution to this problem was the development of visual languages ​​such as Visual C++ and Visual Basic. There are also new languages ​​being developed and improved such as XML and Ruby. Many other languages ​​are being developed right now, and one day there will be languages ​​simple enough for everyone to use. The first form of programming appeared around the same time as the invention of one of the first computers in 1942, known as ENIAC. Programming for this was very tedious and required setting switches and rewiring wires. Programming for this computer progressed after some time, but took a major turn in 1957, when the first of many major languages, known as FORTRAN, was born. FORTRAN was good at scientific programming, but had no help in the business world. In 1959, a new language called COBOL was born and became known as the programming language for businesses. In 1958, a language was developed that would have a huge effect on the programming industry. A scientific committee came up with the Algol language which led to the creation of the popular languages ​​we have today such as C, C++, Java and Pascal. In 1964 one of the first attempts to create a language for non-computer people was developed by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz called BASIC. In 1972 C was created by Dennis Ritchie and has probably had the greatest impact of all computer languages.