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

For decades, fierce debates have raged over the benefits of different programming languages over others: Java vs. C++; Python vs. Ruby; Flask vs. Django. While often waged with fervor by computer ...

Have you ever wondered if there is a correlation between a computer’s energy consumption and the choice of programming languages? Well, a group of Portuguese university researchers did and set ...

Thomas E. Kurtz, who translated the exhilarating power of computer science in the 1960s as the coinventor of BASIC, a programming language that replaced inscrutable numbers and glyphs with ...

Dennis Ritchie is being remembered today as a pioneering computer scientist, the " father of [the] C programming language," co-creator of the Unix operating system and "a 'titan' of the [computer ...

An unsung hero of the computer world has died. Dennis Ritchie created the C language — which is the foundation for most computers, including the iPad and iPhone.

Interview with Bjarne Stroustrup About C++ Did the inventor of C++ admit he developed the language solely to create high-paying jobs for programmers?

Have you ever wondered if there is a correlation between a computer’s energy consumption and the choice of programming languages? Well, a group of Portuguese university researchers did and set ...