Every other programming language has to grapple with how HTML has redefined computing over the past 30-plus years. So many “pure” programming languages automate the production of more and more ...

With AI's rise, effective communication in English is now vital for programming, shifting focus from coding syntax to clarity and context.

Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI's GPT-4 and its successors have made this possible. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been equally vocal about the potential of English for coding.

The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.

The idea that learning and using certain computer languages can influence how people solve problems resonates with the famous Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, which holds that spoken languages differ in ...

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.

This old programming language is suddenly hot again. But its future is still far from certain One of the oldest coding languages is going through something of a renaissance.

Errors sometimes occur when documents outlining in English how a program should work are translated into computer code. Those who have an appreciation of a programming language can write these ...