To arrive at a language late is to see it without the forgiving haze of sentimentality that comes with imprinting—the fond willingness to overlook a flaw as a quirk. What I saw ...

Is Computer Coding a Foreign Language? As computer coding has become an increasingly sought-after skill, more K-12 schools are working it into their curriculums. Some states have considered allowing ...

Computer coding ability has gotten especially hip recently. People who can’t code revere it as 21st century sorcery, while those who do it professionally are often driven to fits by it. And it was 50 ...

I was entering the miseries of seventh grade in the fall of 1980 when a friend dragged me into a dimly lit second-floor room. The school had recently installed a newfangled Commodore PET computer, a ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — With nearly a quarter of the state lacking access to broadband Internet, computer code may already seem like Greek to many students in Kentucky. Now one lawmaker wants to put it on ...

Editor's note: This article is part of a four-part series introducing readers to a just a few of the many faces who left Iowa City schools this May. Congratulations to everyone in the Iowa City ...

In Thursday’s puzzle, “Java” was the answer to the clue “Programming language named for a drink named for an island.” By Alexis Benveniste This is Clued In, a column that will give you insight into ...

UW researchers have developed a programming language for chemical reactions. This rendering shows what a “chemical computer” may look like. Photo via Yan Liang ...

On top of ventilators, face masks and health care workers, you can now add COBOL programmers to the list of what several states urgently need as they battle the coronavirus pandemic. In New Jersey, ...

Why Python is considered the top programming language ahead of JavaScript and C++ Your email has been sent A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python ...