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Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Inventor of FORTRAN

  1. John Backus

  2. Willy Wismerd

  3. Jack Nihilent

  4. Danial Gouss
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

John Backus led the IBM team that created FORTRAN (Formula Translation) in 1957, making it the first widely used high-level programming language. The other names (Wismerd, Nihilent, Gouss) are fictional.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Inventor of Ruby

  1. Alan Cooper

  2. Guido van Rossum

  3. Yukihiro Matsumoto

  4. Yukihiro Tokaya
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Yukihiro Matsumoto (often called 'Matz') created Ruby in Japan in 1995. He designed it to be programmer-friendly and productive. Guido van Rossum created Python, not Ruby.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Inventor of PHP

  1. Rasmus Lerdorf

  2. Bell Scott

  3. Danny Luster

  4. Andrew Coolter
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Rasmus Lerdorf created PHP in 1994 originally as 'Personal Home Page Tools' for tracking his online resume. It evolved into a server-side scripting language powering millions of websites.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Inventor of Java

  1. Van Rossum

  2. James Gosling

  3. Helder Schiedt

  4. Janny Grasper
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

James Gosling developed Java at Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s, originally called 'Oak.' It was designed for 'write once, run anywhere' capability. Van Rossum created Python.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Inventor of Python

  1. Guido van Rossum

  2. Leo Da Macket

  3. Rasmus Lerdorf

  4. John Backus
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Guido van Rossum created Python in the late 1980s and released it in 1991. He named it after 'Monty Python's Flying Circus,' not the snake. Emphasizes code readability.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Inventor of Pascal

  1. Larry Wall

  2. Matt Dahlin

  3. Niklaus Wirth

  4. Robert Schieldt
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Niklaus Wirth created Pascal in the late 1960s/early 1970s as a language for teaching structured programming. Larry Wall created Perl, not Pascal.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Inventor of JavaScript

  1. Simerick Rolls

  2. Patrick Norket

  3. Richard Wheeler

  4. Brendan Eich
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Brendan Eich created JavaScript in 1995 while at Netscape. It was originally called 'Mocha' then 'LiveScript' before being renamed. JavaScript despite the name, is unrelated to Java.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Inventor of Perl

  1. Larry Wall

  2. Robert Skadsen

  3. Louis Bob

  4. Larry Tucker
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Larry Wall created Perl in 1987 for text processing and system administration. Perl is known for its powerful text manipulation capabilities and philosophy of 'there's more than one way to do it.'