With AI's rise, effective communication in English is now vital for programming, shifting focus from coding syntax to clarity and context.

Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation.

Across its nearly 250-year history, the United States has never had an official language until now. But Americans will not stop using languages other than English because of an executive order.

In 1961 and in 1969, two towers of Babel of programming languages were published. The first one appeared on the cover of Communications of the ACM. The second one appeared on Jean E. Sammet’s ...

February 8, 2025- Griffin Museum of Science and Industry has a month full of programing for kids in celebration of Black History Month. For details, visit MSIChicago.org.

JavaScript remains the most used programming language, while TypeScript, Rust, and Python surge, according to JetBrains’ State of Developer Ecosystem report.

The JavaScript programming language has a lot of history, but it was created over about — yes — a week in 1995. It was first called LiveScript, but the name was changed to JavaScript to ride ...

Thomas E. Kurtz, a Creator of BASIC Computer Language, Dies at 96 At Dartmouth, long before the days of laptops and smartphones, he worked to give more students access to computers.

Our latest deep dive crunches the numbers from 2016 to 2024, revealing fascinating insights into the popularity of programming languages and how emerging trends and industry shifts have influenced ...