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Yorick is an interpreted programming language designed primarily for numerical computations and data analysis, often used in scientific computing and simulation tasks. Created by David H. Munro in the early 1990s, Yorick was developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to assist in performing calculations and visualizing data for large-scale simulations, particularly in physics and engineering contexts.

YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is a human-readable data serialization language often used for configuration files and data storage. Developed in the early 2000s by Clark Evans, along with Ingy döt Net and Oren Ben-Kiki, YAML was designed to be easy to read and write, offering a simpler alternative to formats like XML or JSON.

XSLT (eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) is a language primarily designed to transform XML documents into other formats, such as HTML, plain text, or other XML structures. Developed by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) in 1999, XSLT is part of the XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) family, which includes XSL-FO (Formatting Objects) and XPath (for navigating through elements and attributes in XML).

XAML (eXtensible Application Markup Language) is a declarative XML-based language developed by Microsoft. It was introduced as part of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) in 2006 as a way to simplify the process of designing user interfaces (UI) for desktop and web applications. The language was primarily designed to separate UI layout from the underlying application logic, allowing developers and designers to work more independently.

XQuery is a functional programming language designed specifically for querying and manipulating XML data. It was developed by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), with its first official release in 2007, though its development began much earlier in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The purpose of XQuery was to provide a standardized and robust method to query XML data, which was becoming increasingly important with the rise of XML as a common data format in web services and enterprise systems.

Xojo is a cross-platform programming language and integrated development environment (IDE) created by Xojo, Inc. (formerly known as REAL Software). It was initially released in the late 1990s under the name REALbasic and later rebranded to Xojo in 2013. The language was designed to be easy to learn and use, making it an accessible option for developers and hobbyists who want to build applications quickly without delving into more complex, lower-level programming languages.

X++ is a programming language developed by Microsoft for use with Microsoft Dynamics AX (now known as Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations). X++ is primarily used to create and modify business logic in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems, specifically for processes related to finance, supply chain management, human resources, and operations.

WATFIV (Waterloo FORTRAN IV) is a variant of the FORTRAN programming language developed by Paul Cress, Paul Dirksen, and James G. Mitchell at the University of Waterloo in the late 1960s. The language was built as an improved version of FORTRAN IV, a popular scientific computing language at the time.

Whitespace is an esoteric programming language created by Edsger W. Dijkstra and released in 2003. It is unique because it uses only whitespace characters—spaces, tabs, and newlines—for its syntax, meaning that the actual code consists entirely of these invisible characters. The concept challenges traditional notions of programming languages, making Whitespace a novelty in the programming community.

Wolfram Language, developed by Stephen Wolfram and introduced in 1988, is a high-level programming language that emphasizes symbolic computation, functional programming, and rule-based programming. It serves as the programming language behind the Wolfram Mathematica software, which is widely used for mathematical computations, data analysis, visualization, and algorithm development.