Universities and the Future of Programming Languages. Some universities haven’t stopped innovating when it comes to creating the languages themselves. Just over a decade ago, the Massachusetts ...

The 1990s were a boom time for new programming languages. The rise of the internet and the increasing complexity of software ...

Explore the fascinating history of the Python programming language, from its inception in the late 1980s to becoming one of the most popular and versatile programming languages today.

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob. Throughout the ...

For 50 years, computer programmers have been writing code. New technologies continue to emerge, develop, and mature at a rapid pace. Now there are more than 2,500 documented programming languages ...

Ritchie dubbed this modified language NB for “New B,” according to Thomas J. Bergin and Richard G. Gibson’s History of Programming Languages, 2nd Ed.

For the rest of the history of modern programming languages -- because C was really just the beginning! -- check out the infographic below. You can click it to zoom in.

Features A brief history of computer programming languages. Which do you use? Simon Raik-Allen ABC Technology and Games Updated 17 Jan 2013 (First posted 11 Jan 2013) ...

What you may not know about computer programming is that most historians recognize Ada Lovelace as the world’s first programmer. She wrote an algorithm for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine.

The existence of hundreds of formally equivalent programming languages makes it all the more interesting to investigate differences in how they support problem-solving and imagination. ... This ...