Your career goals and personal interests should guide your choice of a first programming language, not just what’s popular.

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

Python continues to dominate as the most popular coding language for AI development. Emerging AI development languages like Julia and R are gaining traction for speed and data science. Mastering ...

Low-code and modular programming environments are transforming PLC programming, with vendors providing pre-packaged libraries and objects that eliminate traditional IEC-61131-3 style coding, allowing ...

Python maintains its runaway top ranking in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity, while older languages continue to rise. Perl surprises. Python, the highest-ranking language ever in the ...

Apple's Swift programming language, first released in 2014 for Apple's own platforms, is now pushing to add official support for Android. Historically, Swift has been closely tied to Apple's ecosystem ...

Some programming languages helped send humans to the moon, some are cooking up new leukemia drugs, and some exist just to fuck with you. Brainfuck is a minimalist “esoteric language,” or “esolang,” ...

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Functional programming, as the name implies, is about functions. While functions are part of just about every programming paradigm, including JavaScript, a functional programmer has unique ...

In this mini review, we propose the use of the Julia programming language and its software as a strong candidate for reproducible, efficient, and sustainable physiological signal analysis. First, we ...

Mojo is a high-performance programming language initially designed to unify and simplify the development of applications across all layers of the AI stack. It combines the usability and syntax of the ...