The difference is that the Boeing 777 computer gets thousands of data pieces through a multitude of sensors, and many decisions are made constantly and compounded manner.

At 4:00 a.m. on May 1, 1964, the first BASIC interpreter was launched on a mainframe computer at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The BASIC programming language, developed by ...

After BASIC, in the early 1970s, Niklaus Wirth developed Pascal, another language meant to solely be a tool to teach students computer programming concepts. “This language was not really developed to ...

Microsoft wants to turn kids' love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming through a partnership with Code.org, announced on Monday morning.

Sphero’s launched a cute mini-car robot that teaches kids about the basics of computer programming. The cute toy will try to teach a complex subject to younger ages. Screenshot from Sphero ...

Before BASIC, life in the computer programming world was complicated. The first generation mainframe computers were essentially programmed as they were assembled, like a jigsaw puzzle with ...

This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob. Throughout the ...

The myth of the computer is literally disintegrating in front of your very eyes. Next week we will talk about some more details. To be continued but only one more week about programming… ...