Programming Constructs History

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I need some help in figuring out which language introduced the constructs that we use everyday.

For example:

Constructs Introduced from LISP

If-Else Block :"The ubiquitous if-then-else structure, now taken for granted as an essential element of any programming language, was invented by McCarthy for use in Lisp, where it saw its first appearance in a more general form (the cond structure). It was inherited by Algol, which popularized it. " - WikiPedia
Function Type : Functions as first class citizens.
Garbage Collection

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