Ramsey Nasser
A crash course in compilers
Diving deeper into program language theory is a great way to grow as a developer. Here, we go through the essentials of using compilers in language design.
This issue examines the tech industry’s relationship with programming languages, how they’ve evolved, and where they’re going.
Suz Hinton
An unlikely home for robots
Programming languages extend beyond their syntax—and the use of JavaScript with hardware is pushing us to rethink old tools.Omar Rizwan
A snapshot of programming language history
Programming languages have evolved in incredible and innovative ways. Here’s a quick look at just some of the languages that have sprung up over the decades.Increment Staff
Six questions on programming languages
Engineers at Fastly, Glossier, Optimizely, and more share which languages they use (and love!), how language knowledge factors into hiring, and where they see their current languages heading.
Glenn Fleishman
It’s COBOL all the way down
COBOL has been a mainstay of government, business, and banking operations for nearly 60 years—but how long can it be maintained?
Chris Stokel-Walker
Julia: The Goldilocks language
By blending speed and high-level functionality in a language for technical computing, Julia was designed to be just right.Mimi Fox Melton and Naomi Uwaka
The language of the workplace
The norms and culture of the workplace are a language we all have to learn when we start a new job. Working to demystify the implicit can help make tech more inclusive.
Sara Simon and Sarah Joy Calpo
Code poetry
Code is poetry. Poetry is code.Adam Vartanian
It doesn’t have to be Turing complete to be useful
Using a Turing-incomplete DSL can have a host of advantages—from predictable resource usage to improved analysis.Jonathan Turner
Ask an expert: How do you maintain Rust?
From team structure and annual surveys to RFCs and the release process, a staff research engineer on Mozilla’s Rust team shares what it takes.David J. Lumb
The ABCs of language migration
Migrating your codebase to a new programming language can have some big advantages, but the process can be daunting—and risky.
Ramsey Nasser
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A primer on text shaping and rendering non-Latin text in the shadow of an ASCII-dominated world.
