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

Plenty of people are using high-level languages for 'serious' programming. I think the best example is how a lot of investment firms are using R, a language highly specialized for statistical data ...

I’ve been writing a lot of code recently, more than your normal internal IT tools and widgets. Sizable LAMP apps and API development have been filling my plate, alongside technical project management ...

The C Programming Language is quite possibly the most influential language of all time. It powers OS kernels like Linux, ...

We did an informal poll around the Hackaday bunker and decided that, for most of us, our favorite programming language is solder. However, [Stephen Cass] over at IEEE Spectrum released their annual ...

If you thought that C is the kind of language that only 60-year-old white men know, think again. Yeah, it’s the dinosaur among today’s programming languages. But it’s still alive and kicking in more ...

The Rust programming language is gaining in popularity among developers, according to the most recent update from software quality firm Tiobe's language index. Rust has risen to 20th position in ...

Software-testing firm Tiobe, which maintains a monthly tracker of the popularity of the vast array of programming languages available to software developers, has picked C++ as its programming language ...