C - invented by Dennis Ritchie in the early 1970s, C is a compiled language. Other languages (like PHP, Python, etc.) take advantage of C's libraries so they can interact with the operating system ...

Functional programming and procedural programming often provide different views of the same thing. When I declare a function, such as y = 2x I may think of this as a procedure (sequential process ...

The history of basic computer programming languages dates back far. Learn more about the BASIC & C coding languages that got everything started.

The crazy origin story of the C programming language, and how it became a success with the help of some incredibly slow computers.

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.