The idea that learning and using certain computer languages can influence how people solve problems resonates with the famous Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, which holds that spoken languages differ in ...

I have been at Queen Mary since 2011. Within C4DM, I lead the Augmented Instruments Laboratory, a research team focused on music and human-computer interaction, especially the design and evaluation of ...

How to Become a Computer Programmer Many computer programmers begin as self-taught enthusiasts and a persistent interest in programming can be an asset in your career because continued learning is ...

Universities with more highly respected computer science programs introduce programming concepts alongside theory in their introductory computer science courses. The Massachusetts Institute of ...

An experiment by computer science researchers shows that Perl, a major commercial programming language, is no more intuitive to use than a fake language with a completely random syntax. What gives?

How do programming languages get created, and what goes into design decisions? This question was originally answered on Quora by Keno Fischer.

The computer science department emphasized that the new sequence would focus on imperative programming and only briefly cover functional programming in CMSC 14200. The new sequence will begin with ...

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

According to various estimates, by 1970 COBOL was the most widely used programming language in the world. By 1997, COBOL was believed to be running some 80 percent of business apps.

The BASIC programming language turns 60 Easy-to-use language that drove Apple, TRS-80, IBM, and Commodore PCs debuted in 1964.