Category Archives: Languages

2022 is the Year of Prolog

Posted on June 14, 2022 by decisionmanagementcommunity

In the summer of 1972, Alain Colmerauer and his team in Marseille developed and implemented the first version of the logic programming language Prolog. Together with Robert Kowalski and his colleagues in Edinburgh, this work laid the practical and theoretical … Continue reading →

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Most in Demand Languages for 2022

Posted on December 29, 2021 by decisionmanagementcommunity

If you are interested in software engineering from a meta trends perspective, here are the most popular programming languages by GitHub repository activity: You may find more interesting trends in this new Medium’s article “Most in Demand Programming Software Development … Continue reading →

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What will become obsolete first: a language or a deployment type?

Posted on March 14, 2021 by jacobfeldman

In the new article “Java and C# are Obsolete in the Age of Docker” Erik Engheim states: “Languages running on virtual machines were developed to make deployment on any platform easy. But this ability no longer matters when your software … Continue reading →

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Controversial rating of programming languages

Posted on January 4, 2021 by decisionmanagementcommunity

This article provides unusual ranking of the most common programming languages: languages descended from C, and languages descended from ML. “What are the pros and cons of a particular programming language? Is X a good language for my task? Googling “best programming … Continue reading →

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Recent Advances in Google Translate

Posted on December 20, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Google Translate was introduced in 2016 and it enabled great improvements to the quality of translation for over 100 languages since then. In this post Google Research describes how recent advances in machine learning drive improvements to automated translation. Link

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GPT-3, the latest evolution in language technology – What is the big deal?

Posted on September 28, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Over the summer 2020, the latest language model from OpenAI, called GPT-3, created a lot of buzz around the internet. Both within the AI community and outside people shared links to numerous examples on what GPT-3 could do, ranging from … Continue reading →

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How is Java Doing?

Posted on January 1, 2020 by decisionmanagementcommunity

“Java has always been the favorite – enterprises talked and still talk Java. Look no further than the Fortune 500 list of companies reliance on it. Yes, Blue Chips love it. The reasons are plenty. The one that enterprises value … Continue reading →

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The essential complexity of software engineering

Posted on October 2, 2019 by decisionmanagementcommunity

In his Oct. 2, 2019 article Andrew Ng wrote: “Despite progress from typewriters to text editors, why is writing still hard to do? Because text editors don’t address the most difficult part: thinking through what you want to say. Programming … Continue reading →

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Developer Survey Results 2019

Posted on April 12, 2019 by jacobfeldman

Stack Overflow’s annual Developer Survey is the largest and most comprehensive survey of nearly 90,000 developers who code around the world. Examples of findings: 1) Python, the fastest-growing major programming language is edging out Java this year and standing as … Continue reading →

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Why it’s still worth it to learn Java

Posted on February 16, 2019 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Python and Go may get all of the hype, but Java is still potentially the smartest language for developers seeking a new job to learn right now. Despite being more than 20 years old, Java remains an enterprise mainstay: The programming language currently tops … Continue reading →

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