While the answer of TypeScript’s creators is “yes,” academic researchers who work on similar programming languages tend to loudly assert “No, run-time checks should prevent such misapplications.” ...

Matthias Lutter, “helloworld-pietbig.gif.” This is a Piet program that, with a codel size of 1, prints “Hello world!” but with a codel size of 2 prints “Piet” (courtesy Matthias Lutter) ...

With all the buzz about learning to code, I've decided to give it a try. The problem is, I'm not sure where to start. What's the best programming language for a beginner like me? That's probably ...

You've always wanted to learn how to build software yourself—or just whip up an occasional script—but never knew where to start. Luckily, the web is f ...

Facebook has released a programming language called Hack, which marries the ease of PHP with the rigorous safety controls of older languages such as C++. PHP programmers should easily understand ...