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Google hopes to remake programming with Go

Google hopes to boost both computing power and programmers' abilities with an open-source experimental programming language project called Go. Google software luminaries such as Unix co-creator Ken Thompson believe that they can help boost both computing power and programmers' abilities with an open-source experimental programming language project called Go....

Tags: Software, Google Inc., Programmer, Programming, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Google, Go, programming language, Stephen Shankland CNET News

News items 2009-11-11

PLT Scheme 4.2.2 (Mac)

PLT Scheme is an innovative programming language that builds on a rich academic and practical tradition. It is suitable for implementation tasks ranging from scripting to application development, including GUIs, web services, etc. It includes the DrScheme programming environment, a virtual machine with a just-in-time compiler, tools for creating stand-alone...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Programming Language, JIT, Programming, PLT, PLT Scheme, Quality, Development Tools, Programming Languages, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-04

Gentee 3.6 (Windows)

Gentee is a friendly full-scale programming language. It is a reliable assistant in your everyday work. It is easy-to-master, and can be your first, as well as tenth programming language. All necessary documentation and a set of libraries are available. Software engineers can easily use it in their applications. Everything...

Tags: Programming Language, Microsoft Windows, Library, Programming, Gentee, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-07-13

Keyman Developer 7.1.267 (Windows)

Keyman Developer allows you to specify the keyboard layout and create a mapping program for almost any language using a visual point-and-click process or a powerful keyboard specification programming language.

Tags: Developer, Programming Language, Microsoft Windows, Tavultesoft, Keyman Developer, Keyboards, Programming Languages, Hardware, Peripherals, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-06-17

MapScale: A Cloud Environment for Scientific Computing

Parallel programming languages have sought out many different means by which many numbers of cores can be utilized for a common goal. Programming languages such as MPI provide a low-level, message passing system, while others such as UPC provide a high-level, shared memory model. Both of these languages and many...

Tags: Environment, Programming Language, Computing, Programming, University Of California, MapReduce, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2009-06-12

SimpleIPC 1.0.0.1 (Windows)

SimpleIPC is a set of objects, server processes, and configuration tools which allow you, the software developer, to have some of your application's work performed in an external process on the same machine. You make function calls to objects in the external process as if they were local objects. "Under...

Tags: Process, .NET Remoting, Programming Language, Object, Cognitier, SimpleIPC, Programming Languages, Microsoft Windows, .Net, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-04-21

Barbara Liskov wins 2008 Turing Award

I don't tend to report or blog much about various scientific awards that get handed out over the year. However, this one is worth a quick note since Barbara Liskov co-wrote one of the canonical college texts on programming Abstraction and Specification in Program Development and has had a...

Tags: Award, Programming Language, Programming, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-03-10

Insider 3000 Workstation RT 3.2c (Windows)

Insider 3000 is technical analysis software. Our goal is to provide immediate technical analysis tools to professional investors as well as to who is just starting. It is an instrument for the trading activities. With Insider 3000 you can study whichever security chart with any time base. You can create...

Tags: Analysis Tool, Indicator, Workstation, Programming Language, Microsoft Windows, Tool, Tradersoft, Insider 3000, Productivity, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-02-03

The PlusCal Algorithm Language

Algorithms are different from programs and should not be described with programming languages. The only simple alternative to programming languages has been pseudo-code. PlusCal is an algorithm language that can be used right now to replace pseudo-code, for both sequential and concurrent algorithms. It is based on the TLA+ specification...

Tags: Algorithm, Programming Language, Programming, PlusCal, Engineering, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2009-01-02

Practical Foundations for Programming Languages

The central organizing principle of the paper is that programming language features may be seen as manifestations of an underlying type structure that governs its syntax and semantics. The emphasis, therefore, is on the concept of type, which codifies and organizes the computational universe in much the same way that...

Tags: Carnegie-Mellon University, Programming Language, Programming, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-12-25

Microsoft hires digital-identity/open-source maven Dick Hardt

Microsoft's hiring slowdown hasn't translated to a complete hiring freeze. Among the newest of the Red-Pill poppers is Dick Hard, known for his take on the "Identity 2.0" concept and his porting of the Perl language to Windows. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Hiring, Programming Language, Microsoft Corp., Identity Management, Hardt, Recruitment & Selection, Authentication/Encryption, Programming Languages, Open Source, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-12-10

MatBasic 1.2 (Windows)

MatBasic is a calculating, programming and debugging environment using special high-level programming language designed for solving mathematical problems. MatBasic programming language allows execution of difficult mathematical calculations, involving an exhaustive set of tools for the purpose of creation of algorithmic programs. It also allows a user to abstract his mind...

Tags: Environment, Programming Language, Microsoft Windows, Programming, CSC-Soft, MatBasic, MatBasic Programming Language, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2008-12-08

Issues and Challenges for Selecting a Programming Language in a Technology Update Course

The purpose of this paper is to identify the issues and challenges that face the decision to select a programming language to teach in a technology update courses. This paper also makes suggestions to address these existing issues in an effort to increase student success. The findings of this paper...

Tags: Programming Language, Programming, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-11-11

Semantic and Epistemological Continuity in Educational Robots' Programming Languages

The object of this paper is to analyze some new open-source software for the programming of educational robotic kits which can accompany the student from pre-school to high school. The authors propose the development of a learning environment which operates on two levels: the physical level, with the planning and...

Tags: Programming Language, Personalization, Programming, ROBOETHICS, Robots, Development Tools, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-11-04

Is My DSL a Modeling or Programming Language?

It is often difficult to discern the differences between programming and modeling languages. As an example, the term "Domain-specific language" has been used almost interchangeably in academia and industry to represent both programming and modeling languages, which has caused subtle misconceptions. The borders between a modeling and programming language are...

Tags: DSL, Programming Language, Programming, Modeling, University Of Maribor, Research & Development, Development Tools, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-10-15

Top Draw 1.0.1 (Mac)

Top Draw is an image generation program. By using simple text scripts, based on the JavaScript programming language, Top Draw can create surprisingly complex and interesting images. The cool part is that the program has built in support for taking your image and installing it as your desktop image. There's...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Programming Language, Image, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2008-10-13

Coordinating Database and Programming Language Research

This paper examines the gap between database and programming language research and practice. Relational databases and object-oriented programming have been great success stories over the last 40 years. While the database community works hard to improve and extend database capabilities, it does not seem to pay much attention to how...

Tags: Programming Language, Programming, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2008-10-06

Keyword Programming in Java

Keyword programming is a novel technique for reducing the need to remember details of programming language syntax and APIs, by translating a small number of unordered keywords provided by the user into a valid expression. In a sense, the keywords act as a query that searches the space of expressions...

Tags: Java, Programming Language, Programming, Keyword, Keyword Programming, Development Tools, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-09-28

PPL Pocket Programming Language 1.52 (Mobile)

Pocket Programming Language is a fast and powerful programming system that makes it easy to develop games, demos, business applications, and all types of programs for both the Windows and Windows Mobile PDA platforms. Instead of taking months to write challenging games or powerful sales demonstrations, Pocket Programming Language cuts...

Tags: Mobile, Programming Language, ArianeSoft, Programming, Pocket Programming Language, Development Tools, Games, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-09-18

Dictionary Cleaner 1.5 (Mac)

Until now there has been no easy way to see what dictionary words you've added, to add words to the dictionary while not in a word processor or editor, or to remove spellings youve accidentally added. Dictionary Cleaner gives you the power to do all that and more. Dictionary Cleaner...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Click, Programming Language, Dictionary, Apple Mac OS X, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-09-11