There are too many programing languages in IT world. Some are outdated while, some are in use for more than a decade. Only few programming languages have survived till date. These languages are developed by noble computer geniuses. The creators of programing languages are icons of software world. Here is the list of top 6 successful programming languages and their creators.

1. Java - James Gosling



Java is the most popular programming language in history. Dr. James Arthur Gosling invented Java. It was further developed by Sun Microsystems. Java is now being developed and maintained by Oracle, after it acquired Sun Microsystem in 2010. Java follows WORA (Write Once Run Anywhere) approach. Platform independence of Java has played key role in its success.

2. C - Dennis Ritchie




C is the oldest machine level programming language in IT world. Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie invented C programing language between 1967 and 1973 at AT&T Bell Labs. The language is still very popular and used extensively in System Programming. Dennis Ritchie has great contribution to the software world. He further developed UNIX operating system. 

3. C++ - Bjarne Stroustrup




Bjarne Stroustrup took inspiration from C and developed the next generation language C++. He was the most notable Danish computer scientist in the history. C++ follows object oriented programming approach, it is considered as the phenomenal programming language as compared to structural way of C programming. C++ is still a very popularly used programming language.



4. Python - Guido van Rossum



Python is well popular general purpose, high level programming language. The language was designed by Guido van Rossum of CWI. Python has replaced Java at academic level in United States. Most students today are learning Python over C and Java as their first programing language. Python is popularly used to create web apps. 

5. PHP - Rasmus Lerdorf




PHP is the backbone of the internet. It is a wonderful internet language created by Rasmus Lerdord in 1995. The language was later implemented by PHP Group and which now serves as the formal reference to PHP language. PHP is installed on more than 20 million websites and 1 million web servers over the world. The open source language is popular used by internet giants like Facebook, Wikipedia, Wordpress and Joomla. The language is best for dynamic web page and server side development. PHP stands for Personal Home Page.

6. Perl - Larry Wall




Perl is a high-level dynamic programming language. The language was developed by Larry Wall in 1980s. It is still the main language for developing reports, scripts on UNIX systems. Perl is known for parsing and processing large text files. It is also popularly used for CGI, database applications, network programming and graphics programming. Many internet companies like IMDB, Amazon, Priceline use this language. Perl is a great additional scripting language that can be used along with Java.