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 ...

Machine translators have made it easier than ever to create error-plagued Wikipedia articles in obscure languages. What happens when AI models get trained on junk pages? When Kenneth Wehr started ...

Sharing a database is the greatest sin when you architect Microservices yet Space-Based Architecture is built around shared data. How do these approaches coexist? Do Microservices make any sense if ...

Every so often, someone creates or changes a programming language. In the process, these language creators make a number of design choices. They may wonder whether to check certain conditions at ...

Biologists and chemists have a new programming language to uncover previously unknown environmental pollutants at breakneck speed -- without requiring them to code. Biologists and chemists have a new ...

Object-oriented programming, inheritance, and subtyping may have specific meanings that don't translate into other languages, depending on the first language you learn. Java is the first language I ...

Best Programming Languages to Learn for In-Demand Jobs in 2025 Your email has been sent Developers who want to push ahead in their profession will want to choose a programming language that appeals to ...

The world of technology is constantly evolving, and programming languages are at the heart. With countless options available, it can be overwhelming to choose the correct programming language for your ...

Many of today’s programmers—excuse me, software engineers—consider themselves “creatives.” Artists of a sort. They are given to ostentatious personal websites with cleverly hidden Easter eggs and ...

University of Canterbury provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. University of Canterbury provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. It’s been 52 years since the landmark moment ...

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 ...

Over the past few weeks, we've been discussing programming language popularity here on ZDNET. Most recently, I aggregated data from nine different rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming ...