1985: The first official reference guide for the C++ programming language is published. The author, Bjarne Stroustrup, is also the language’s creator. Stroustrup had been hacking away at his ...

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Delve into the remarkable evolution of Python, and learn how it grew to become a prominent and beloved programming language in the tech world. Python is an interpreted, object-oriented and high-level ...

Google has announced a "milestone" update to the Go programming language with the launch of Go 1.18, which introduces native support for fuzz testing – the first major programming language to do so.

Although quantum computers exist only in theory it does not stop researchers from making educated guesses about their future architecture–and more importantly the interface to interact with them. As a ...

Our research area investigates the fundamental principles, processes and technologies for the design, verification, analysis, implementation and optimization of computational systems. Our interests ...

Many of today’s programmers—excuse me, software engineers—consider themselves “creatives.” Artists of a sort. They are given to ostentatious personal websites with cleverly hidden Easter eggs and ...

Biological engineers have created a programming language that allows them to rapidly design complex, DNA-encoded circuits that give new functions to living cells. MIT biological engineers have created ...