Programming in the 1990s: A Look at the Most Popular Languages

From C++ and Java to Python and Visual Basic, a retrospective on the programming languages that shaped the decade

Mark Randall Havens
3 min readJan 9, 2023

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In the 1990s, the world of computer programming was transformed with the development and widespread adoption of many popular programming languages that are still in use today, including C++, Java, Python, and Visual Basic. Photo by Everyday basics on Unsplash

The 1990s were a time of great advancement in the field of computer programming. Many popular programming languages that are still in use today were developed or gained…

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Mark Randall Havens

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