In Pictures: 10 prominent features 'stolen' by Apple’s Swift - and where they came from
Apple's new programming language modernizes iOS development by synthesizing great ideas invented elsewhere
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In Pictures: 10 prominent features 'stolen' by Apple’s Swift - and where they came from
Apple's new programming language modernizes iOS development by synthesizing great ideas invented elsewhere
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Perl creator hints at imminent Perl 6 release
In his annual "State of the Onion" speech at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON), Perl creator Larry Wall hinted that the long-awaited version 6 of the Perl programming language might finally be released soon. He also ruminated about the effect that Perl 6 would have, once it is released.
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Google Go captures developers' imaginations
Less than four months after its unveiling at an early, experimental stage, Google Go looks promising to developers who say it offers significant improvements over other programming languages.
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New Groovy cozies up to Java, SQL
The new version of the Groovy programming language aims to make life easier for programmers who work with Java and SQL, the language's developers note.
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Microsoft's top developers prefer old-school coding methods
Microsoft has done more to popularize graphical programming than any other vendor. The company's development tools, led by Visual Basic and Visual Studio, have been used by millions of software developers over the past two decades.
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Old-school programming techniques you probably don't miss
Despite its complexity, the software development process has gotten better over the years. "Mature" programmers remember how many things required manual intervention and hand-tuning back in the day. Today's software development tools automatically perform complex functions that programmers once had to write explicitly. And most developers are glad of it!