Browsing the "programming languages" Tag

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C and Rust programming languages continue to rise

3 Jun C language tops Tiobe’s index of language popularity for a second month, while Rust cracks the top 20 for the first time

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C++ proposal dismisses backward compatibility

3 Apr Proposal would give up backward and binary compatibility for safety and simplicity

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Hidden classes could be coming to Java

7 Feb JDK Enhancement Proposal said this could make other JVM languages more efficient

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Unison functional language touts immutable code

17 Jan Experimental Haskell-like language promises the ability to describe entire distributed systems with a single program

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C named Tiobe’s language of the year

8 Jan Edging out C#, Python, and Swift, with the largest increase in measured popularity year-on-year

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Ruby 2.7 improves garbage collection, pattern matching

7 Jan Ruby upgrade also includes enhancements to the REPL and an experimental just-in-time compiler

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Nullable reference types most impactful C# 8.0 feature, says Microsoft

3 Dec Capability introduced in C# 8.0 promises to help developers eliminate common, difficult-to-debug null reference exceptions

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Google App Engine adds support for Java 11

1 Nov It’s now generally available on App Engine and supports twice the amount of memory as Java 8

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Visual Studio Code updates Java support

25 Oct Microsoft’s code editor adds new code navigation, code actions, code snippets, and refactoring features

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Google Bazel builds and tests Bazel 1.0

23 Oct Open source build tool brings fast incremental builds to languages, platforms, and code bases

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Pluralsight Technology Index ranks most in-demand technologies

23 Oct Ranks technologies used by software engineers, IT operations, information security, and data professionals

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Swift 5.1 offers module stability for binary frameworks

27 Sep Update introduces features for library evolution and compiler and library improvements

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Nim language reaches 1.0 status

25 Sep Nim prizes efficiency, readability, and flexibility

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F# 4.7 brings compiler and syntax improvements

25 Sep Microsoft’s functional-first language’s data analysis and machine learning will improve

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Oracle pits GraalVM against Google Go

23 Sep Oracle touts the fast startup and small memory footprint of the polyglot VM

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Ruby language upgrade improves garbage collection, pattern matching

24 Jun Ruby 2.7 preview includes enhancements to the REPL, experimental just-in-time compiler