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Computer Science · Q109

Artificial Intelligence

Engineering and GATE · Computer Science · question 109

Q109

The first AI programming language was called:

A.
BASIC
B.
FORTRAN
C.
IPL
Answer
D.
LISP
E.
None of the above

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
IPL (Information Processing Language) was indeed the first AI programming language developed by Allen Newell, Cliff Shaw, and Herbert Simon in the late 1950s at the RAND Corporation. IPL was designed for symbolic manipulation and list processing, making it well-suited for early artificial intelligence research. While LISP (Option D) is a notable AI programming language developed shortly after IPL, it wasn't the first. BASIC (Option A) and FORTRAN (Option B) were general-purpose programming languages, not specifically designed for AI. Hence, the correct answer is Option C: IPL.