These new languages utilized new abstractions to make programming easier.

The idea that learning and using certain computer languages can influence how people solve problems resonates with the famous Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, which holds that spoken languages differ in ...

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In Programming Languages research, we explore the ways in which computations are expressed in written form. Our research focuses on three central ideas: the semantics of a particular piece of program ...

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Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon are developing a programming language that seamlessly handles code, objects, and values from multiple other languages in the one program.

The history of basic computer programming languages dates back far. Learn more about the BASIC & C coding languages that got everything started.

Learn about and revise programming languages with this BBC Bitesize GCSE Computer Science Edexcel study guide.

Programming languages are like standards; the nice thing about them is that there are so many to choose from. Selecting the best programming languages for back-end, server-side applications often has ...