What does programming language actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.

Microsoft’s version of BASIC was one of the first programming languages that the general public came into contact with, ...

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No, HTML is not a computer programming language. This may ruffle the feathers of web developers and graphic designers who take pride in the webpages they have built. Nevertheless, HTML is not a ...

Purely functional programming is a brilliant idea with a misleading name. When people talk about “purely functional programming”, they mean Haskell or something like Haskell. But that’s not ...

The Ada programming language was born in the mid-1970s, when the US Department of Defense (DoD) and the UK’s Ministry Of Defence sought to replace the hundreds of specialized programming lang… ...

Programming languages: Why this old favorite is on the rise again A long-standing coding choice has seen an unexpected rise in popularity, according to one tracker of programming languages.

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob.

C++ programming language and safety: Here's where it goes next There's been a shift towards 'memory safe' languages. So, can updates to C++ help it catch up in the eyes of developers?