> since the dawn of humanity Since near the dawn of computing is more like it :), but I get what you mean. There was this early language by John Backus (yes,

> since the dawn of humanity Since near the dawn of computing is more like it :), but I get what you mean. There was this early language by John Backus (yes, of BNF fame) called FP (sic), though Lisp may have been the first one.