Pinpointing the "to start with" programming language is tricky as a result of various definitions. Ada Lovelace's 1843 algorithm for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine is commonly credited, although it wasn't executed on a true equipment. The first machine-executed languages emerged in the 1940s, with Shorter Code (1949) and Plankalkül (1943-1945) https://blog.hellomybd.com/the-first-programming-language/