Computers need programming languages to function. That’s just a simple fact of life. However, these languages didn’t just spring up out of nowhere. They were developed by people for explicit ...

The Java language and virtual machine are almost two decades old, and while most developers would recognize the old and new models of Java as being related, there's no question that Java has changed ...

Everyone always talks about these new computer programming languages, and how great one is over the other. But really, has computer programming really changed that much over time?

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 ...

While linguistics examines conveyance, processing, and the evolution of natural languages, computer science applies the same questions to programming.

Clarence Huang, vice president of technology at Intuit and an early adopter of vibe coding, explains why he thinks the practice is the next evolution of software development.

Most programmers typically know and use a number of different languages but usually have a bias towards a certain set based on a variety of personal, external, and historical factors.

How have programming languages evolved over the past 50 years? How have the early languages influenced later versions, and how are they still used today?