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.

The current issue of <I>Crosstalk</I> came with a poster entitled "The Evolution of Programming Languages" showing a history tree of the derivations of various computer languages.<BR><BR>Anyone care ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about innovation, the future of work and remote work. The future of programming and AI is more nuanced than headlines ...

As technology advances and security concerns grow, the need to rethink how we design and implement computing systems has become urgent. The evolution of programming models and hardware architectures ...

More programmers and engineers are adopting a practice known as “vibe coding,” a technique where the coder tells an AI assistant what to build based on what they feel will work. Clarence Huang, vice ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More We can now accomplish some pretty incredible things with technology. What ...

From Reddit threads to roundtable events, debating the merits of programming languages is not a new phenomenon. And while much of the recent discourse has centered around AI’s impact and whether or ...

Although perhaps not as much of a household name as other pioneers of last century’s rapid evolution of computer hardware and the software running on them, Niklaus Wirth’s contributions puts him right ...

This course examines how the syntax, statics and dynamics of a programming language affect its pragmatics. By implementing increasingly more complex (models of) languages, students will investigate ...