The most widely adopted computer language in history, COBOL is now causing a host of problems. It's also dangerously difficult to remove.

Researchers show AI can learn a rare programming language by correcting its own errors, improving its coding success from 39% to 96%.

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, ...

Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse engineering as a way to copy the functionality of a computer ...

Software engineering is going through a revolution. The latest versions of AI coding tools like Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex have wowed professionals while leaving many anxious about ...

Functional programming prevents unintended data changes, reducing errors in large systems. Pure functions improve testing accuracy because outputs depend only on inputs. Languages like Haskell and ...

Biologists and chemists have a new programming language to uncover previously unknown environmental pollutants at breakneck speed -- without requiring them to code. Biologists and chemists have a new ...

MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum developed Eliza in the mid-1960s. His views on artificial intelligence were often at odds with many of his fellow pioneers in the field. Illustration by Meilan Solly / ...

Newer languages might soak up all the glory, but these die-hard languages have their place. Here are eight languages developers still use daily, and what they’re good for. The computer revolution has ...

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, which connects to the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, on a sunny afternoon in June 2025. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) The ...

Have you ever wondered how computers understand what we want them to do? It all comes down to programming languages. These special sets of instructions have changed a lot over the years, from really ...

Zig is a popular systems-oriented language that is serious about replacing C. Here's what you need to know about Zig. The Zig programming language continues its gradual advance into the world of ...