Functional programming, as the name implies, is about functions. While functions are part of just about every programming paradigm, including JavaScript, a functional programmer has unique ...

How an ice cream innovator in Somerville influenced Lisp pioneers at the MIT AI Lab­—and made a lasting mark on programming. In the early 1970s, a team of engineers at MIT’s AI Lab launched a ...

Programming languages are tools that help developers communicate with computers and build everything from apps to AI systems.

Microsoft’s fast-growing language for .NET may be poised to overtake Java in popularity for the first time, Tiobe said.