On May 8, Microsoft made Axum, the company’s foray into parallel programming, available on its MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) DevLabs portal.

The data to be queried can be in any Microsoft Access MDB file. The query processor software executes relational algebra instructions interactively, allowing students to view intermediate result ...

However, Access doesn’t limit advanced users. If you’re familiar with VBA, Access allows for deeper customization, effectively bridging the gap between simple automation and complex programming.

Microsoft and OpenAI have collaborated to build an AI pair-programming system called GitHub Copilot. Copilot, now available in preview as a Visual Studio Code extension, is meant to help ...