Since the 1960s, BASIC has introduced countless beginners to computer programming. Here's how the language got started, the paths it cleared for Windows and Apple, and where you can still find it ...

There probably has never been such a controversial programming language as Algol. In the early 1960s the disciplinary success of the so-called Algol project in helping to forge the discipline of ...

C++ programming language: How it became the invisible foundation for everything, and what’s next Your email has been sent Powerful, flexible, complex: The origins of C++ date back 40 years, yet ...

Pascal, the programming language he created in the early days of personal computing, offered a simpler alternative to other languages in use at the time.

Programming languages: Why this old favorite is on the rise again A long-standing coding choice has seen an unexpected rise in popularity, according to one tracker of programming languages.

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