Java is one of the most successful and most dreaded technologies in the computer science world. Let's roast this powerful ...

Rollercoaster Tycoon wasn’t the most fashionable computer game out there in 1999. But if you took a look beneath the pixels—the rickety rides, the crowds of hungry, thirsty, barfing people (and the ...

While Python continues to be the runaway leader in Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity, C, C++, and Java are engaged in a fierce battle for second place. Currently in fifth place, ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Language shouldn't be a barrier to essential information, especially in local communities where people rely on public documents, school forms, health notices, or legal updates to stay informed. Yet ...

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,” ...

Each year, the code-sharing platform GitHub releases its ‘State of the Octoverse’ report, which among other things ranks the popularity of programming languages. The latest report, released in October ...

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