Discover the top 7 programming languages of 2025 based on the TIOBE Index. Learn about the trends in Python, Java, C++, SQL, ...

Overview: The demand for programming skills in 2026 centres around versatility, performance, and scalability as companies ramp up AI, cloud, and web services.La ...

At a Computer Science Education Seminar talk Thursday, C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup shared his thoughts on the role of C++ and what needs fixing in programming education. C++, a programming language ...

If you want a programming job, you better ensure you're proficient in SQL, Python, and Java. That's according to the 2024 IEEE Spectrum Top Programming Languages report, which looks at what employers ...

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AI has mushroomed. We know that generative AI has already become ubiquitous, so that it is now bidding to augment, assist and even replace the things we do. GPU company CEO Jensen Huang declared ...

I was entering the miseries of seventh grade in the fall of 1980 when a friend dragged me into a dimly lit second-floor room. The school had recently installed a newfangled Commodore PET computer, a ...

This article is adapted from an edition of our Off the Charts newsletter originally published in October 2021. Off the Charts is a weekly, subscriber-only guide to The Economist’s award-winning data ...

Tech enthusiasts often say that anyone can learn coding. Anyone with a wide enough English lexicon, that is. For aspiring programmers in non-English speaking countries, learning to code can require ...