Computers need programming languages to function. That’s just a simple fact of life. However, these languages didn’t just ...

Programming languages are generally defined as a more human-friendly way to program computers than using raw machine code. Within the realm of these languages there is a wide range of how close the ...

March 2025 TIOBE Index: Legacy ‘Dinosaur’ Languages Are Making a Comeback Your email has been sent Legacy programming languages remain vital in modern computing, evolving to stay relevant. Their ...

Sixty years ago, on May 1, 1964, at 4 am in the morning, a quiet revolution in computing began at Dartmouth College. That’s when mathematicians John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz successfully ran the ...

According to various sources, there are several hundred programming languages, although only a couple dozen are widely used at any given time. The Online Historical Encyclopedia of Programming ...

Computer-programming employment fell steeply after the introduction of ChatGPT and has returned to its lowest level since 1980. Computer-programming employment in the U.S. has reached its lowest level ...

April 2025 TIOBE Index: Kotlin, Ruby & Swift Drop in Popularity Your email has been sent The market is a bit defensive,” TIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen said, noting people cling to the familiar top 20 ...

If, as a software developer, you want to know what the most popular or best-paid programming languages are in the industry right now, there’s always a constant stream of surveys and reports to let you ...

This is part of our Do You Recognize These? series. You may use at least one programming language regularly but you have probably used or learned about more along the way. Syntax and semantics of ...