Ars Technica

“A damn stupid thing to do”—the origins of C

In one form or another, C has influenced the shape of almost every programming language developed since the 1980s. Some languages like C++, C#, and objective C are intended to be direct successors to ...
The New York Times

It’s the End of Computer Programming as We Know It. (And I Feel Fine.)

I was 5 or 6 when I got my first sense of the joys of computer programming. This was in the early 1980s, when few people had a computer. One day, my dad brought home a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, one of the ...
TechRepublic

C++ programming language: How it became the invisible foundation for everything, and what’s next

C++ programming language: How it became the invisible foundation for everything, and what’s next Your email has been sent Powerful, flexible, complex: The origins of C++ date back 40 years, yet it ...
Electronic Design

What’s the Difference Between MISRA C and MISRA C++?

MISRA C and MISRA C++ from the MISRA Consortium are programming guidelines for their respective programming languages. They’re designed to improve the software quality by identifying and restricting ...