The creator of the world's most popular programming language goes into retirement.

Python creator Guido van Rossum reveals the strengths and weaknesses of one of the world's most popular programming languages.

Pioneering computer scientist Dennis Ritchie passed away yesterday at age 70 after battling a long running illness. Ritchie was better known as a co-creator of Unix, but ...

Chris Lattner, the creator of and project lead for Apple’s Swift programming language, today announced in a mailing list email that he will be leaving Apple later this month. He will be joining ...

Programming languages are important because they are the tools that developers use to create software, applications, and websites. Different programming languages have their own syntax, structure ...

John McCarthy, the creator of the Lisp programming language and a pioneer in artificial intelligence, has died. He was 84.

New programming language Mojo is now on the Mac, bringing Python-like tools specifically for AI developers.

James Gosling, creator of the Java computer language and one of the most prominent employees in Oracle Corp's <ORCL.O> newly acquired Sun Microsystems, has resigned from Oracle.

On December 5, a group of students at Saint Petersburg's College of Information Technologies launched a parody programming language designed for “streetwise” computer science students struggling with ...