While Python continues to be the runaway leader in Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity, C, C++, and Java are engaged in a fierce battle for second place. Currently in fifth place, ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

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Fact-checking body Rumor Scanner has called incorrect the claim that Bangla is the second official, official or state language of the West African nation Sierra Leone. "The claim that Banglad is the ...

This study explores the potential of chatbots, specifically ChatGPT, in Java software development. The aim is to classify tasks for effective use of industrial code and develop recommendations for ...

The decision to grant Bengali classical language status was celebrated at the Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob. Experts highlighted its ancient roots, evidenced by the 1000-year-old Charyapada. With ...

Kotlin is a modern alternative to Java that supports functional programming in the JVM. Here's a first look at programming with Kotlin using some of the concepts and syntax you already know from Java.

New York City is a tapestry of over 200 languages, affirming its reputation as America's melting pot as it hosts people of varied cultures. Yet, contradictory to that image, the ballot papers to be ...

Many of today’s programmers—excuse me, software engineers—consider themselves “creatives.” Artists of a sort. They are given to ostentatious personal websites with cleverly hidden Easter eggs and ...

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 ...