This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob.

Biologists and chemists have a new programming language to uncover previously unknown environmental pollutants at breakneck speed -- without requiring them to code.

The unreasonable effectiveness of the Julia programming language Fortran has ruled scientific computing, but Julia emerged for large-scale numerical work.

Some old computer languages are destined to never die. They do, however, evolve. For example, Fortran, among the oldest of computer languages, still has adherents, not to mention a ton of legacy co… ...

Human existence is now permeated by computer language. Digital artists combine human and computer codes to create digital poetry.