You need your very own programming language, too. Google has Go, first conceived in 2009. Facebook introduced Hack last spring. And Apple unveiled Swift not long after.

In this article, we will equip BoolScript, a simple Boolean language I introduced in my previous JavaWorld article, “Build Your Own Scripting Language for Java,” with Web scripting.

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Go offers an expressive type system, fast compilation, good performance, and built-in language features that simplify threaded programming and concurrency. The language has been under development ...

Last year, Apple introduced Swift, its very own programming language, which was focused on making it easier to build apps. Now, in a bid to make it more palatable to developers, Apple is making ...

HTML is the most significant computing language, programming or otherwise, ever developed. Every other programming language has to grapple with how HTML has redefined computing over the past 30 ...

Starbase, the sandbox space MMO, is becoming more tantalising with every new feature trailer. The latest, introducing Starbase's programming language, YOLOL, is a bit intimidating, but all I want ...

Jonathan Blow making his case. Image via YouTube. Computers claim to streamline everything from feeding yourself to finding a spouse, but they mask a chaotic scrum of languages, dialects, and ...

The Python Software Foundation has appointed a new Developer in Residence (DIR) to work full-time on the Python programming language and support its developer community. Core developer Łukasz ...

How do programming languages get created, and what goes into design decisions? This question was originally answered on Quora by Keno Fischer.