Pinpointing the "initial" programming language is tricky resulting from different definitions. Ada Lovelace's 1843 algorithm for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine is often credited, even though it was not executed on a real machine. The initial device-executed languages emerged within the forties, with Shorter Code (1949) and Plankalkül (1943-1945) getting noteworthy https://blog.hellomybd.com/the-first-programming-language/