When I was new to programming, I focused way too much on learning the syntax, especially the brackets, the semicolons, and ...

AI tools promise that anyone can build apps, so I put that claim to the test. After a few minor bumps, I built a custom ...

Utilize AI to analyze application runtime data (e.g., rendering time, communication latency), obtain optimization suggestions (such as reducing component re-rendering, reusing hardware connections), ...

Newer languages might soak up all the glory, but these die-hard languages have their place. Here are eight languages ...

Which language has the best loops? See for yourself, with our side-by-side (loop-for-loop) Python vs. Kotlin showdown. Find more stories in this week’s report.

The second-largest county in the United States has established a permanent guaranteed basic income program after the success of a previous pilot version. The Cook County Board of Commissioners ...

We did an informal poll around the Hackaday bunker and decided that, for most of us, our favorite programming language is solder. However, [Stephen Cass] over at IEEE Spectrum released their annual ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft released the complete source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Version 1.1, the 1978 interpreter that powered the Commodore PET, VIC-20, Commodore 64, and Apple II through ...

C programming is a general-purpose, processor-oriented, and powerful language, widely used in various daily life applications. As a prerequisite for many core courses in computer science and ...

Every so often, someone creates or changes a programming language. In the process, these language creators make a number of design choices. They may wonder whether to ...