A Microsoft director explains why it's finally ending language updates for Visual Basic, a programming language launched in 1991 that 700,000 developers still rely on every month

Microsoft's Visual Basic was named the "Most Dreaded" programming language for three years in a row by the Stack Overflow Developer Survey.
Detroit Free Press

Ring Programming Language: A Hidden Gem Shaping the Future of Software Development in the Age of AI‑Assisted Programming

How a discontinued legacy sparked a modern language built to last for decades — Ring emerged after Microsoft canceled Visual FoxPro. I’m glad I had the opportunity to contribute to improving the Ring ...
ZDNet

The rise and fall in programming languages' popularity since 2016 - and what it tells us

Over the past few weeks, we've been discussing programming language popularity here on ZDNET. Most recently, I aggregated data from nine different rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming ...
TV Technology

CES: Broadcasters Highlight New NextGen TV Devices, Features and Programming

WASHINGTON—With 76% of U.S. households now able to receive a NextGen TV broadcast signal, Pearl TV and the broadcast stations who back the group have announced that a wide variety of new NextGen TV ...
Automation World

Industrial Controllers: Changing Decision Factors

Today’s industrial controllers pack greater levels of processing power, connectivity and scalability than their predecessors and offer greater flexibility to meet specific application needs. For ...