Akwai harsuna sama da 700 daban-daban waɗanda za'a iya amfani dasu don ƙirƙirar aikace-aikace ko shirye-shirye.
A cikin 1843, wani masanin ilmin lissafi mai suna wanda ya fi wanda aka yiwa algorithm na farko a cikin tarihin da za a iya gudanar da injin, don haka an ɗauke shi majagaba na shirye-shiryen kwamfuta.
Ana nada yaren Python shirye-shiryen Progron a matsayin sunan kungiyar Monthon na Comty Python, ba daga sunan dabba mai dadi ba.
Daya daga cikin shahararrun yaren shirye-shirye na yau, Javascript, an tsara asali ne a cikin kwanaki 10 kawai na Brendan Eicic daga Netcape.
Akwai yare na shirye-shirye wanda ake kira kwakwalwa wanda kawai yake amfani da haruffa takwas: +, --,>, <,. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,. Wannan yaren yana da matukar wahala a fahimta kuma da wuya amfani dashi.
Harshen shirye-shirye na C, wanda aka inganta a cikin 1972, har yanzu ana amfani dashi a yau saboda ƙarfin da ta yi.
A cikin 1999, dan gwanin kwamfuta mai suna Jonhansen ya yi nasarar warwarewa cikin kariyar DVDs, sannan aka saki daga shari'ar Yaren mutanen Norway. Johnsen ya yi nazarin shirye-shirye kuma yanzu ya zama mai tasowa software.
Akwai gidan yanar gizo da ake kira WTF wanda ya ƙunshi kyawawan labaru na ban dariya game da lambobin da shirye-shiryen da suke da kyau ko kuma basuyi aiki da kyau ba.
An nada harshe na Ruby daidai da kyawawan duwatsu masu daraja saboda mahaliccinta yana son ƙirƙirar kyakkyawan harshen.
Akwai yare mai shirye-shirye wanda ake kira Shakespeare yare na Shakespeare harshe, inda aka rubuta shirin a cikin hanyar tattaunawa da kuma Monologirue a matsayin a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na girgiza.