Pinpointing the "first" programming language is hard because of various definitions. Ada Lovelace's 1843 algorithm for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine is often credited, while it wasn't executed on a true device. The primary machine-executed languages emerged during the forties, with Short Code (1949) and Plankalkül (1943-1945) staying noteworthy early examples. https://blog.hellomybd.com/the-first-programming-language/