COBOL Is the Asbestos of Programming Languages

Coroutines in C

[Coroutines trilogy: C preprocessor | C++20 native | general philosophy ]

Identifying Barriers to Adoption for Rust through Online Discourse (PLATEAU 2018) - SPLASH 2018

For PLATEAU 2019, see the workshop webpage at http://plateau-workshop.org/. Programming languages exist to enable programmers to develop software effectively. But programmer efficiency depends on the usability of the languages and tools with which they develop software. The aim of this workshop is to discuss methods, metrics and techniques for evaluating the usability of languages and language tools. The supposed benefits of such languages and tools cover a large space, including making programs easier to read, write, and maintain; allowing programmers to write more flexible and powerful ...

Its Time for a New Programming Language

Today, when compared to any other point in programming history, we find ourselves spoiled for choice when it comes to programming…

Why is WebAssembly a second-class language on the web? – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

This post is an expanded version of a presentation I gave at the recent WebAssembly CG meeting in Munich. WebAssembly has come a long way since its first release in 2017. The 1.0 version of WebAssembly was already a great fit for low-level languages like C and C++, and immediately enabled many new kinds of applications to efficiently target the web.

𝕵𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝕸𝖎𝖌𝖚𝖊𝖑 (@omixann.me)

If you ever come back to it and you're open to new alternatives, let me shamelessly plug spade-lang.org by @thezoq2.bsky.social and friends. In quite literal terms, it is the Rust of digital HW design :)

Rust and the Future of Systems Programming – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

If you’re a regular reader of Hacks, you probably know about Rust, the ground-breaking, community-driven systems programming language sponsored by Mozilla. I covered Rust on Hacks back in July, to ...

microsoft/cascadia-code

This is a fun, new monospaced font that includes programming ligatures and is designed to enhance the modern look and feel of the Windows Terminal.

Why developers at Amazon, Facebook, and Discord love the Rust programming language

Rust has been called the "most loved" programming language on Stack Overflow's annual survey. Here's why it's one of the fastest growing languages.

Overview | Semble Docs | Cosmik

🌱 Semble is currently in alpha. Features and APIs may change as we refine the app based on feedback from users like you.

esoteric.codes

esolangs, esoplatforms, esosystems, and all that break from the norms of computing

Programmers are not different, they need simple UIs. - <antirez>

Most used languages among software developers globally 2025| Statista

As of 2025, JavaScript and HTML/CSS are the most commonly used programming languages among software developers around the world, with more than 66 percent of respondents stating that they used JavaScript and just around 61.9 percent using HTML/CSS.

The Rise and Fall of Visual Basic

After 28 years, are we are finally seeing the beginning of the end for one of the world’s most popular languages?

Bastian Greshake Tzovaras (@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social)

It's great that a class of tool that by its very design is an unfixable security issue is forced into everything: «This works often enough that Måløy reported this to Microsoft as a security hole in March. He gave them a 90-day reporting window, Microsoft extended that twice to a total of 144 days, and they still didn’t have a solid fix. So Måløy posted about the hole on July 28th.» Copilot prompt injection goes viral in your documents https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/03/copilot-prompt-injection-goes-viral-in-your-documents/