Today, we’re going to look at the history of programming Since Joseph Marie Jacquard’s textile loom in 1801, there has been a demonstrated need to give our machines instructions. In the last ...

Conclusion The history of programming languages is a rich subject, especially for anyone with a passing interest in technology.

Now there are more than 2,500 documented programming languages! O'Reilly has produced a poster called History of Programming Languages (PDF: 701K), which plots over 50 programming languages on a ...

Figured this might be the best place to ask. I'm curious if there's any good books that give some detail on how and/or why some programming languages evolved the way they did, especially during ...

Though the history of Java dates back 25 years, the programming language still plays a vital role in modern enterprise application development. Here's how Java has remained the stalwart of programming ...

What is it like to have been programming for the past fifty years? This question was originally answered on Quora by Bob Frankston.

"So, what programming language do you use?" As software engineers we get that question fairly often - usually from people who dabble in information technology and have spent some time around ...

This video is part of Electronic Design's 70th Anniversary series. This is a bit like Mel Brooks History of the World, Part I for programmers. I've been writing a number of articles and recording ...

An expert in the history of computing explains how and why coding went from a mostly female job to a field with a major gender problem.

For decades, fierce debates have raged over the benefits of different programming languages over others: Java vs. C++; Python vs. Ruby; Flask vs. Django. While often waged with fervor by computer ...