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.

Generative AI is transforming software development by enabling natural language prompts to generate code, reducing the need for traditional programming skills and making English the new coding ...

With AI's rise, effective communication in English is now vital for programming, shifting focus from coding syntax to clarity and context.

Programming languages and tools are built around assumptions about natural-language skills — in particular, that users can read and write in English.

Writing code is simply a way to give instructions to a computer in a language that is intelligible to humans. These languages are much simpler than English but are still vastly more complex than ...

WeLiveSecurity takes a look back at the life of the programming pioneer US Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, who changed the world of technology.

Digital imperialism: Nasser grew up in Beirut, where he first studied computers and programming. Computers were, at their earliest, an innovation in the English-language world, so in a subtly ...

Designing a programming language is all about tradeoffs — between what’s easier for the programmer and what best suits the machine.

Here's how the AI chatbots of tomorrow are shaping the field computer programming today.

Errors sometimes occur when documents outlining in English how a program should work are translated into computer code. Those who have an appreciation of a programming language can write these ...