Of the many popular programming languages, many were invented by Baby Boomers, and a couple by Gen X.
- Java – James Gosling, Boom (born 1955)
- C++ – Bjarne Stroustrup, Boom (born 1950)
- JavaScript – Brendan Eich, Boom (born 1961)
- Python – Guido van Rossum, Boom (born 1956)
- C# – Anders Hejlsberg (and others), Boom (born 1960)
- R – Richard Stallman (and others), Boom (born 1953)
- PHP – Rasmus Lerdorf, Gen X (born 1968)
- Rust – Graydon Hoare, Gen X (born 1979)
