Pinpointing the "1st" programming language is tricky due to various definitions. Ada Lovelace's 1843 algorithm for Charles Babbage's Analytical Motor is often credited, though it was not executed on an actual machine. The main device-executed languages emerged while in the 1940s, with Short Code (1949) and Plankalkül (1943-1945) being notable https://blog.hellomybd.com/the-first-programming-language/