Pinpointing the "initial" programming language is hard because of varying definitions. Ada Lovelace's 1843 algorithm for Charles Babbage's Analytical Motor is frequently credited, though it wasn't executed on a true equipment. The first machine-executed languages emerged in the 1940s, with Small Code (1949) and Plankalkül (1943-1945) becoming noteworthy early illustrations. https://blog.hellomybd.com/the-first-programming-language/