When the FORTRAN programming language debuted in 1957, it transformed how scientists and engineers programmed computers.

To arrive at a language late is to see it without the forgiving haze of sentimentality that comes with imprinting—the fond willingness to overlook a flaw as a quirk. What I saw ...

The Zig Programming Language is officially quitting GitHub and moving its main repository over to Codeberg. The reasoning is ...

For many reasons, including those I’ve already covered, JavaScript is a very popular programming language. In fact, according ...

Many computer programmers know multiple languages. The range of programming languages is wide, with some languages used in specific contexts, but some more general. For example, Java can implement ...

Overview: C and C++ remain the most important languages for fast, low-memory embedded devices. Newer languages like Rust and ...

Universities are no strangers to innovating with technology. EdTech wouldn’t exist if that weren’t true. But colleges were truly at the forefront when it came to the development of computer science.

Python remains a clear leader among programming languages for engineers, beating out Java, and JavaScript in IEEE Spectrum's 2021 language rankings. The publication IEEE Spectrum taps members from the ...

There are so many programming languages available today that it’s almost impossible to keep track of them all. You’ve never heard of most of them. But why not? Why do some languages gain mainstream ...