MIT's Picture language could be worth a thousand lines of code
Now that machine-learning algorithms are moving into mainstream computing, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is preparing a way to make it easier to use the technique in everyday programming.
View ArticleGrails Web framework finds home at Object Computing
The Grails Web framework for Java, recently left orphaned by Pivotal along with the companion Groovy language, has a new home at Object Computing (OCI), which has hired key Grails developers.
View ArticleRed Hat broadens programming language support
Potentially making work easier for system administrators, Red Hat has updated its development packages to support running multiple versions of the same programming language on its flagship enterprise...
View ArticleMicrosoft hints at potential C# 7 features
Microsoft is moving forward with plans for version 7 of its C# language, posting lists of potential features, including tuples, pattern matching, nullability tracking and syntax for lists.
View ArticleInstagram engineer delves into emoji madness
Emojis: Kids may love their simplicity, but programmers will loathe their complexities.
View ArticleJava at 20: The programming juggernaut rolls on
What began as an experiment in consumer electronics in the early 1990s celebrates its 20th anniversary as a staple of enterprise computing this week. Java has become a dominant platform, able to run...
View ArticleNew query language could turn log files into business insights
IT departments have long relied on log data to help keep systems up and running, but they're not the only ones who can benefit from these vast stores of information. A new analytics language from...
View ArticleAmazon's Go SDK one step closer with preview release
Amazon Web Services has announced the first Developer Preview of its SDK for the Go programming language, giving developers who want to integrate cloud services in their apps more choice.
View ArticleFive things Apple is doing to please developers
Apple had lots to offer developers at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote. Headline improvements included a new version of the soon to be open sourced Swift programming language and...
View ArticleNot only Node.js: AWS Lambda adds Java support
AWS Lambda, a compute service from Amazon Web Services that bridges functional programming and the cloud, is adding Java development capabilities.
View ArticleMicrosoft, Google, Mozilla team to build a faster Web
Web apps and pages may soon get a speed boost to rival the performance of native desktop and mobile applications, thanks to a new standards initiative from Microsoft, Google and Mozilla.
View ArticleRed Hat takes the reins of OpenJDK 7
Red Hat is taking over stewardship of the OpenJDK 7 project, at the moment a generation behind the current release of Java.
View ArticleMEAN vs. LAMP for the future of programming
The transition from cutting-edge curiosity to practical workhorse is not one that many technologies make. Yesterday's precocious upstarts often fail to live up to their Version 0.1 promise -- not so...
View ArticleJava devs abhor Oracle's plan to kill private APIs
Key Java proponents are up in arms over the planned elimination of private API capabilities, specifically sun.Misc.unsafe, in the upcoming Java Standard Edition 9 release.
View ArticleSick of Flash security holes? HTML5 has its own
HTML5 has been billed as the natural, standards-based successor to proprietary plug-ins such as Adobe's Flash Player for providing rich multimedia services on the Web. But when it comes to security,...
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