Programming languages would step forward once more in the 1990s, with high-level languages like Python, Lua, R, Ruby, and Javascript all coming to the fore. Many of these serve as the backbone of ...

O'Reilly has produced a poster called History of Programming Languages (PDF: 701K), which plots over 50 programming languages on a multi-layered, color-coded timeline. About the Author ...

Figured this might be the best place to ask. I'm curious if there's any good books that give some detail on how and/or why some programming languages evolved the way they did, especially during ...

Though the history of Java dates back 25 years, the programming language still plays a vital role in modern enterprise application development. Here's how Java has remained the stalwart of programming ...

C++ surpassed Java for the first time in the history of the TIOBE index, which means that Java is at position 4 now," Jansen notes. "This is the first time that Java is not part of the top 3 since ...

JavaScript is the most in-demand programming language for developer jobs and one of the most versatile languages for full-stack development. Here's what you need to know about JavaScript.

Edited by Global Voices. Source. Few people know that Argentine women have played a significant part in Latin America's computing history. In the 1960s, the first programming language in Argentina was ...

Tony Brooker, the mathematician and computer scientist who designed the programming language for the world’s first commercial computer, died on Nov. 20 at a nursing home in Hexham, England.