Programming languages are tools that help developers communicate with computers and build everything from apps to AI systems.

B y any measure, there is an enormous number of programming languages. Some lists contain hundreds, while the Historical ...

Microsoft’s fast-growing language for .NET may be poised to overtake Java in popularity for the first time, Tiobe said.

The Java virtual machine provides a high-performance, universal runtime for a wealth of popular languages beyond just Java. In this article, we’ll look at the characteristic strengths and common use ...

Mar­i­lyn in St Kitts, 1995. I spent a sleep­less night at the Fort George Ho­tel in Bas­seterre, as the winds howled and build­ings shook from time to time. Mar­i­lyn was a Cat­e­go­ry 1 (CAT-1) ...

JSONC is one attempt, of many, to improve JSON. Other formats that try to do something similar include YAML and JSON5. Each ...

When most peo­ple hear the term ‘ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence’ (AI), they pic­ture self-dri­ving cars, voice as­sis­tants like Siri and Alexa, or chat­bots that gen­er­ate text on de­mand. These ...

"Vibe coding" appeared in early 2025 to describe the simple idea of programming with AI tools. So I tested a range of them — ...