If you were designing a general purpose programming language today, what major features and constraints do you think are necessary? Let's constrain (heh) ourselves to languages that might compete with ...

You want to build a website or web app. So, what are the best web programming languages available, and why are they the best? It's a weighty question, and I'd like to emphasize -- strongly and upfront ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...

James Gosling learned a lesson in a recent blog post on the subject of scripting vs. strongly typed general purpose languages, and that is that readers of technology news are evil. Yes, I mean you.

Open-source programming language Python has become one of the few languages that won't disappear anytime soon. It's the top or one of the top two languages in most notable language popularity indexes, ...

Purpose: What you need to do, will determine what programming language (s) you need to learn. It is of the utmost importance that your purpose is correctly served by the use of an appropriate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover startups & enterprises in India and the UAE. There’s diversity in the world of programming languages, and often, the ...

Programming is a booming career path, and if it’s something you’re interested in you should take a look at the 10 most in demand programming languages to learn in 2017. There are a lot of programming ...

Why shouldn’t those “interfaces” be humanely designed? Let that sink in. Programming languages are tools, designed by people for a specific purpose. What this study showed is that the design of this ...