During the past few decades, programming languages have come a long way. In comparison to the dawn of UNIX and C, when compiled languages were just getting their start, today's world is full of ...

One-letter programming language: D When the new millennium began, many looked at C and found it both wonderfully flexible and expressive but a bit of a pain.

Out in the Open: Man Creates One Programming Language to Rule Them All Stefan Karpinski was building software that could simulate wireless networks, and his code was a complete mess.