Pinpointing the "to start with" programming language is tricky resulting from various definitions. Ada Lovelace's 1843 algorithm for Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine is frequently credited, even though it was not executed on a true device. The first equipment-executed languages emerged during the forties, with Small Code (1949) and Plankalkül (1943-1945) https://blog.hellomybd.com/the-first-programming-language/