French classes cut at Valley High School; district will add in-house ESL programming

Sr. High School. The New Kensington-Arnold School Board on Tuesday voted to phase out its French programming and create an in ...

Developers say AI coding tools work—and that’s precisely what worries them

Software developers have spent the past two years watching AI coding tools evolve from advanced autocomplete into something that can, in some cases, build entire applications from a text prompt. Tools ...
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How one developer used Claude to build a memory-safe extension of C

Robin Rowe talks about coding, programming education, and China in the age of AI feature TrapC, a memory-safe version of the ...
InfoWorld

C, C++, Java vie for second place in language popularity

While Python continues to be the runaway leader in Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity, C, C++, and Java are engaged in a fierce battle for second place. Currently in fifth place, ...
ZDNet

MS-BASIC 1.1 introduced programming to a generation - now you can download it for free

Microsoft open-sourced the MS-BASIC language. Bill Gates would never have seen this coming back in the day. MS-BASIC 1.1 was many developers' first language. In 1976, they rebranded Altair BASIC to ...
PC World

Microsoft’s first-ever programming language was just open-sourced

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...
CNBC

Nvidia’s Huang says programming AI is now like training a person

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described artificial intelligence as the "great equalizer" at London Tech Week on Monday. "The way you program a computer today, to ask the computer to do something for you, ...
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C Programming in 100 Seconds Explained!

The C programming language is one of the most influential in computing history. In just 100 seconds, learn why C remains the backbone of modern software—powering operating systems like Linux, Windows, ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Asynchronous and Parallel Programming in C#

As modern .NET applications grow increasingly reliant on concurrency to deliver responsive, scalable experiences, mastering asynchronous and parallel programming has become essential for every serious ...
The Stanford Daily

C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup reimagines how coding is taught

At a Computer Science Education Seminar talk Thursday, C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup shared his thoughts on the role of C++ and what needs fixing in programming education. C++, a programming language ...
MIT Technology Review

What is vibe coding, exactly?

While letting AI take the wheel and write the code for your website may seem like a good idea, it’s not without its limitations. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, ...