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.

A brochure for the GE 210 computer from 1964. BASIC's creators used a similar computer four years later to develop the programming language. Credit: GE / Wikipedia ...

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.

Calling English the hot new programming language might be hyperbole, but there's no denying the effect AI is having on coding boot camps and active job postings for software developers, which have ...

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 ...

This article describes the design of a framework for sound synthesis in LC, a new computer music language we prototyped, together with concrete code examples. Unlike existing unit-generator languages, ...