The “learn to code” movement may be about to run afoul of the Law of Unintended Consequences. Few (least of all nerdy me) will argue that learning a computer language as a kid doesn’t have merit.

When you're writing code, you're laying out instructions on what you'd like to see on the app you're building or the website you're designing. But there are a number of coding languages to choose from ...

You could learn an esoteric programming language, if that sort of thing strikes your fancy. Velato, for example, is a language which uses MIDI files as source code. the pattern of notes determines ...

Whether you are advancing your tech career or transitioning into the tech sector, online computer science classes provide you with the education you need. Many courses have little to no cost and allow ...

Linguistics and computer science intertwined in the mid-20th century. Computers help linguists better understand and analyze languages and computer scientists use linguistics to advance programming.

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Over the summer, the Michigan House of Representatives approved a bill that would allow Michigan high school students to take computer science courses in lieu of foreign language courses. Michigan is ...

In the US, a 2016 Gallup poll found that the majority of schools want to start teaching code, with 66 percent of K-12 school principals thinking that computer science learning should be incorporated ...

No. And high schools shouldn’t treat it that way. By William Egginton Dr. Egginton is a professor of the humanities. Maryland’s legislature is considering a bill to allow computer coding courses to ...

No, HTML is not a computer programming language. This may ruffle the feathers of web developers and graphic designers who take pride in the webpages they have built. Nevertheless, HTML is not a ...

Hard to imagine but it has been 58 years since IBM and Georgetown University teamed up to run what they said was at the time the first English-to-Russian language computer translation program. Perhaps ...