Computers need programming languages to function. That’s just a simple fact of life. However, these languages didn’t just spring up out of nowhere. They were developed by people for explicit purposes.

A procedure is run by calling it. To call it, a programmer uses the procedure name and includes any parameters (values) that the procedure needs, for example: SUBROUTINE f_TO_c(temperature_in_f) ...

These operators are common to most high-level programming languages. close high-level languageAlso known as high-level language. This is a computer programming language used to write programs.

Understanding the core principles of computer programming is the first step to writing effective code. Learning about ...

Computerworld is undertaking a series of investigations into the most widely-used programming languages. Previously we have spoken to Alfred v. Aho of , S. Tucker Taft on the , Microsoft about its ...

On May 1st, 1964, two Dartmouth professors by the names of John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz debuted BASIC, a revolutionary programming language credited for expanding computer literacy outside the realm ...

60 years ago, the inventors of the BASIC programming language actually achieved what they had hoped for: simple programming that is accessible to everyone. At 4:00 a.m. on May 1, 1964, the first BASIC ...