Creating a programming language is no longer a big deal, the way it was in the 1970s and earlier. Still, few of these new languages truly succeed. Most remain pet projects or experimental curiosities.

Learning a new language is no easy task, and for programming languages, it’s no simpler. There are many reasons people want to learn to code, with some doing it ultimately to start a new career ...

But no matter how impressive these new languages are, you have to wonder how long it will take them to really catch on -- if they do at all. After all, new programming languages arrive all the ...

As the dust settled following the WWDC introduction of Swift, Apple's new and future programming language, Mac and iOS developers had plenty to ponder. Many are coming around to Swift after ...

In a mysterious blog post Wolfram Alpha founder Stephen Wolfram promises a knowledge-based programming language that can do just about anything under the sun.

In this sense, frameworks are the new programming languages. They are where the latest ideas, philosophies, and practicalities of modern-day coding are found.

I’ve tried learning by reading books on programming, or books on a new language. Despite my experience and the number of languages I’ve already learned, it just doesn’t work.

New Programming Languages Keep Chipping Away at the Old After a dizzying few years, the programming language market is starting to stabilize. Guess who's still number one?

Go is a new programming language from Google that aims for performance that is … ...

A fast look at Swift, Apple’s new programming language For better or worse, Apple's new language lets you do things your way.