Microsoft’s version of BASIC was one of the first programming languages that the general public came into contact with, ...

From The First Programming Languages: Crash Course Computer Science #11 5/10/2017 | 10m 56sVideo has Closed Captions| CC These new languages utilized new abstractions to make programming easier.

The history of basic computer programming languages dates back far. Learn more about the BASIC & C coding languages that got everything started.

John Backus, who died on 17 March, was a pioneer in the early development of computer programming languages, and was subsequently a leading researcher in so-called functional programming. He spent ...

The Guardian provided this brief overview of Lovelace’s work in December 2012, the 197th anniversary of her birth: Often described as the world's first computer programmer, Lovelace showed a keen ...

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

Ruby Ruby is a dynamic, open-source, object-oriented programming language developed by computer scientist Yukihiro Matsumoto back in the 90s, which makes it one of the youngest languages in broad ...

Computer scientists and bioinformaticians address four key questions to help rookie coders to make the right choice.