Fortran is the oldest commercial programming language, designed at IBM in the 1950s. And even though, for years, programmers have been predicting its demise, 64 years later it's still kicking ...

See standards - machine languages. The high-level programming language was created to eliminate machine dependency. Languages such as COBOL, FORTRAN, BASIC and C were designed to run on many ...

Ada, a programming language born in the late 70s, has managed to break into the top 10 of the TIOBE Index for July 2025.

Groovy, a language that runs on the Java virtual machine (JVM), also made a return to the top 20 this month, rising from 48th position last April to its current 17th position. But it was in 10th ...

Large organizations still rely on ageing IT systems and programming languages to run their mainframes. But as traditional developers reach retirement age, new hires are reluctant to pick up old ...

How It Works: ControlFlag’s bug detection capabilities are enabled by machine programming, a fusion of machine learning, formal methods, programming languages, compilers and computer systems.

Machine programming, which automates the development and maintenance of software, is becoming supercharged by AI. During its Build developer conference in May, Microsoft detailed a new feature in ...

Find out how source code is compiled for different programming languages and computer architectures, including the evolution from FORTRAN to CLR and JIT compilers. Topics Spotlight: AI-ready data ...