The language is expressive enough to represent a wide variety of string manipulation tasks that end-users struggle with. We describe an algorithm based on several novel concepts for synthesizing a ...

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A new campaign dubbed 'GhostPoster' is hiding JavaScript code in the image logo of malicious Firefox extensions with more than 50,000 downloads, to monitor browser activity and plant a backdoor. The ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

Thanks to Samuel F.B. Morse, communication changed rapidly, and has been changing ever faster since. He invented the electric telegraph in 1832. It took six more years for him to standardize a code ...

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The Trump administration is spending billions of dollars on deals with ownership stakes in companies. The unusual practice shows no sign of slowing. By Ana Swanson Reporting from Washington The Trump ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by After his musical “The Last Ship” failed on Broadway, Sting is bringing a revised version to the Met as the house looks for new sources of revenue. By ...