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| accessdate = 2012-03-14}}</ref> The most influential high-level programming languages have been (in approximate order of development):

| accessdate = 2012-03-14}}</ref> The most influential high-level programming languages have been (in approximate order of development):

:FORTRAN showed that a useful high-level language was possible.  

:[[FORTRAN]] showed that a useful high-level language was possible.  

:COBOL provided a language especially for business use.

:COBOL provided a language especially for business use.

:LISP provided a language suitable for symbol processing.

:LISP provided a language suitable for symbol processing.

:Algol 60 was the first block-structured language and set a new standard in language definition (Backus-Naur form).

:Algol 60 was the first block-structured language and set a new standard in language definition (Backus-Naur form).

::Algol 60 was described by Edsger Dijkstra, as "a great improvement on many of its successors".

::Algol 60 was described by Edsger Dijkstra, as "a great improvement on many of its successors".

:BASIC was the first language used interactively with multiple simultaneous users.

:[[BASIC]] was the first language used interactively with multiple simultaneous users.

:Simula 67 was the first object-oriented language.

:Simula 67 was the first object-oriented language.

:[[C]] showed that operating systems and compilers could be written in a high-level language.

:[[C]] showed that operating systems and compilers could be written in a high-level language.