Ken Thompson created its predecessor, B, also while at Bell Labs, and interestingly now works for Google, which we might even call Ma Search, and created the Go language for system-level programming ...

John Backus, 82, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, died March 17 in Ashland ...

Google-created Go isn't in the top-10 list of the most widely known programming languages, but it does come top for languages that developers are keenest to learn.

Frustrated by programming language shortcomings, Guido van Rossum created Python. With the language now used by millions, Nick Heath talks to van Rossum about Python's past and explores what's next.

Created in 2009 (a relative newcomer by programming language standards), Go has seen a quick rise in popularity due to its function within platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes – which ...

Tony Brooker created tools to translate high-level programming languages into code that could be run by computers. Photo: Brooker Family ...