A while back we explained what is JavaScript since a lot of users on the internet might not have a basic understanding of it. Today, we have decided to talk about Java, a popular programming language ...

I’ve been running into a lot of happy and excited scientists lately. “Running into” in the virtual sense, of course, as conferences and other opportunities to collide with scientists in meatspace have ...

(Updated 4/10: IBM and the Linux Foundation have partnered to set up a portal for both experienced and new COBOL coders to share resources and find opportunities. Here's a link to IBM's press release ...

At a high level, the difference between a compiled and interpreted language is that an interpreted language is compiled into an intermediary form and not machine code. Compiled code can run faster, ...

According to various sources, there are several hundred programming languages, although only a couple dozen are widely used at any given time. The Online Historical Encyclopedia of Programming ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Developers trying to jump from one language to another often hit the same wall: How do I do this? They can do it in their base language, but introduce them to a strange new world, and the going gets ...

In this article, I survey a clutch of popular programming languages and provide some personal opinions as to when it is appropriate to use each of them. I'll also talk about some of the development ...