Pinpointing the "initially" programming language is difficult resulting from various definitions. Ada Lovelace's 1843 algorithm for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine is often credited, though it wasn't executed on a true machine. The first machine-executed languages emerged during the 1940s, with Limited Code (1949) and Plankalkül (1943-1945) being noteworthy early illustrations. https://blog.hellomybd.com/the-first-programming-language/