We review the early history of linear programming with respect to the solution of linear equations, computer developments, and its origins within the federal government. With over 12,500 members from ...

This video is part of Electronic Design's 70th Anniversary series. This is a bit like Mel Brooks History of the World, Part I for programmers. I've been writing a number of articles and recording ...

Figured this might be the best place to ask. I'm curious if there's any good books that give some detail on how and/or why some programming languages evolved the way they did, especially during the ...

Recording and playout of programming today is easily left to automation and a file server. Thanks to the cloud, that server doesn’t even have to reside “on premises.” Delaying programs hasn’t always ...

The Java programming language emerged roughly 25 years ago, when Smalltalk and C++ dominated. Back then it was easy to argue that the world didn't need another object-oriented programming language.

“Perspective,” said John Berger, “makes the single eye the centre of the visible world.” For Berger, perspectival representation is not just a matter of being "realistic." In presenting the world to ...