There is a short answer, but this a borderline religious discussion, so it requires some context first. I've hired many software engineers, and the single most valuable skill is the ability to pick up ...

Ventilators, retired doctors, N95 face masks — all have been in high demand from heads of state and U.S. governors, but now you can add COBOL programmers to that pandemic response list. That's right, ...

With Go, Ovejero points to a recurring class of bugs around nil handling. Go does not distinguish between nillable and ...

Early in BASIC's history, its creators, John Kemeny (left) and Thomas Kurtz (center) go over a program with a Dartmouth student Early in BASIC's history, its creators, John Kemeny (left) and Thomas ...

If you're looking to get hired as a programmer, you're going to need to know the right coding languages. There are few better windows into the tech trends sweeping Silicon Valley than GitHub, the $2 ...

(Updated 4/10: IBM and the Linux Foundation have partnered to set up a portal for both experienced and new COBOL coders to share resources and find opportunities. Here's a link to IBM's press release ...

The other day, my friend Ned’s cousin asked Ned what he thought was the best first language for new programmers. The cousin didn’t have much computing experience, but at 15 years old the future was ...

Have you ever wondered if there is a correlation between a computer’s energy consumption and the choice of programming languages? Well, a group of Portuguese university researchers did and set out to ...