Computers need programming languages to function. That’s just a simple fact of life. However, these languages didn’t just spring up out of nowhere. They were developed by people for explicit ...

Programming languages, believe it or not, have existed for over 200 years, since the invention of the punch-card-programmable Jacquard loom (Opens in a new window).

The evolution of language to the rise of technology The next transformative step in language development was the invention of writing. Around 3100 BCE, humans began using written symbols to ...

Since Smalltalk-80 there hasn't been all that much development in programming languages. Lisp was in 1958, so functional programming dates back to then. Hindley-Milner was complete by 1982 and had ...

Can ChatGPT program in a language from the 1950s or in one of the languages that wrote its own code? We took a walk down memory lane to find out.

Programming languages, believe it or not, have existed for over 200 years, since the invention of the punch-card-programmable Jacquard loom (Opens in a new window).

How have programming languages evolved over the past 50 years? How have the early languages influenced later versions, and how are they still used today?