Dennis Ritchie, the inventor of the programming language C and the co-inventor of the UNIX operating system has shuffled off this mortal coil. His contributions to contemporary computing are so far ...

If you thought that C is the kind of language that only 60-year-old white men know, think again. Yeah, it’s the dinosaur among today’s programming languages. But it’s still alive and kicking in more ...

Universities are no strangers to innovating with technology. EdTech wouldn’t exist if that weren’t true. But colleges were truly at the forefront when it came to the development of computer science.

Robin Rowe talks about coding, programming education, and China in the age of AI feature TrapC, a memory-safe version of the ...

In addition to C, the pioneering computer scientist made significant contributions to Unix and received many awards honoring his work. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been ...

Programming language popularity index No. 1: "C is No. 1." Programming language popularity index No. 2: "C at an all time low." So which is it? Both. Which speaks to the problem with programming ...

35-year-old programming language C++ is undergoing a revival, according to Tiobe Software, which says it is the fastest growing language of any right now. C++ is "doing very well", Tiobe CEO Paul ...