The world’s most popular programming language is losing market share to more specialized languages such as R and Perl, Tiobe says.

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Oh, sure, I can “code.” That is, I can flail my way through a block of (relatively simple) pseudocode and follow the flow. I ...

Controlling a lunar lander using a 1980s home computer is not for the faint of heart, and this project shows how one intrepid ...

Google’s ATLAS study reveals how languages help each other in AI training, offering scaling laws and pairing insights for better multilingual models.

A new around of vulnerabilities in the popular AI automation platform could let attackers hijack servers and steal ...

AI coding work is rising fast, but the biggest payoff isn’t evenly shared. A Science analysis suggests seasoned developers get stronger gains than newcomers, which could reshape how you learn, ...

Computer coding captured Neth Dharmasiri's 11-year-old imagination when his father handed him a beginner's guide to Python — one of the world's most popular coding languages. "Here I am, six years ...

So, you want to start coding in Python, huh? That’s awesome! Python is super popular and pretty forgiving for beginners. But where do you actually write your code? You could just use a basic text ...

My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters is its ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...