You are a software engineer at a software development firm that works mainly with small businesses. Your company is about to start a new software project that will help manage the operations of an ind

You are a software engineer at a software development firm that works mainly with small businesses. Your company is about to start a new software project that will help manage the operations of an independent specialty bookstore and you know that the client is particularly interested in having the software help her with inventory management and customer relationship management.

You are having a debate within your team as to which language to use for the bookstore project. You have votes for older languages like COBOL and FORTRAN but you also have votes for new languages like Python and Java. Write an executive summary explaining the evolution of programming languages starting from machine language up to what is current today, and what advantages newer languages have over older technologies.

The executive summary should be 1-2 pages, with a minimum of 750 words, excluding title page.