How do programming languages get created, and what goes into design decisions? This question was originally answered on Quora by Keno Fischer.

Over time, from the development of assembly language through more human-readable languages like C and Python and Java, programming has climbed what computer scientists call increasing levels of ...

Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images A few weeks ago, I took a look at using ChatGPT to write the same routine in a dozen of the most popular programming languages.

Computer programming languages already execute billions of commands and can be used to create art. But with most programming languages being based on Latin characters, they tend to fall apart when ...

Once upon a time, knowing how to use a computer was virtually synonymous with knowing how to program one. And the thing that made it possible was a programming language called BASIC.

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 ...