Pinpointing the "initial" programming language is tricky resulting from various definitions. Ada Lovelace's 1843 algorithm for Charles Babbage's Analytical Motor is usually credited, though it wasn't executed on an actual equipment. The initial device-executed languages emerged in the 1940s, with Small Code (1949) and Plankalkül (1943-1945) being noteworthy early illustrations. https://blog.hellomybd.com/the-first-programming-language/