Each year, the code-sharing platform GitHub releases its ‘State of the Octoverse’ report, which among other things ranks the popularity of programming languages. The latest report, released in ...

With AI's rise, effective communication in English is now vital for programming, shifting focus from coding syntax to clarity and context.

Huawei Technologies is set to open-source its self-developed programming language, Cangjie, marking the latest step in the company’s pursuit of technological self-sufficiency.

In a recent survey of more than 1100 astronomers, almost half have received little or no software training, despite 90% writing at least some of their own code. Jon Cartwright reports on the latest ...

The programming language Ada rose to 9th place in the TIOBE Programming Community Index in July, unseating the similarly venerable Fortran.

Developers are still using Python for data tasks and AI, but many are still using older releases, putting productivity at ...

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Apple's Swift programming language, first released in 2014 for Apple's own platforms, is now pushing to add official support for Android. Historically, Swift has been closely tied to Apple's ...