TIOBE Index News (April 2024): PHP’s Popularity Declining
The top three programming languages – C++, C and Python – remain the same, while Fortran rises. Continue reading TIOBE Index News (April 2024): PHP’s Popularity Declining
Category Archives: FORTRAN
Fortran and WebAssembly: Bringing Zippy Linear Algebra to NodeJS & Browsers
With the rise of WebAssembly (wasm) it’s become easier than ever to run native code in a browser. As mostly just another platform to target, it would be remiss if …read more Continue reading Fortran and WebAssembly: Bringing Zippy Linear Algebra to NodeJS & Browsers
TIOBE Index News (February 2024): Programming Language Go Reaches a New High at Number Eight
Carbon, an experimental programming language, entered TIOBE’s top 100 ranking in February. Continue reading TIOBE Index News (February 2024): Programming Language Go Reaches a New High at Number Eight
TIOBE Index News (January 2024): Programming Language of 2023 Goes to C#
Keep an eye on Dart and TypeScript in 2024, TIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen suggests. Continue reading TIOBE Index News (January 2024): Programming Language of 2023 Goes to C#
Looking at Fortran in 100 Seconds
Usually, when we are talking about old computers, we are thinking of BASIC interpreters. But [Fireship] reminds us that it was originally Fortran and promises to give you the essentials …read more Continue reading Looking at Fortran in 100 Seconds
TIOBE Index for April 2024: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages
The programming language PHP falls further down the rankings. Continue reading TIOBE Index for April 2024: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages
Frances Allen Optimised Your Code Without You Even Knowing
In 2020, our digital world and the software we use to create it are a towering structure, built upon countless layers of abstraction and building blocks — just think about all the translations and interactions that occur from loading a webpage. Whilst abstraction is undoubtedly a great thing, it only …read more
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Tony Brooker And Autocode – The First High-level Language
The field of computer science has undeniably changed the world for virtually every single person by now. Certainly for you as Hackaday reader, but also for everyone around you, whether they’re working in the field themselves, or are simply enjoying the fruits of convenience it bears. What was once a …read more
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Fortran Goes Interactive
When you think of Fortran you probably think of punched cards and green bar paper. While it is true that Fortran isn’t the go-to language it used to be — pun unintentional — it still has a vibrant community of people who do serious number crunching. However, many members of …read more
Beatrice Tinsley and the Evolution of Galaxies
It seems almost absurd now, but cosmologists once assumed that galaxies of a given type were all the same and didn’t change. Because of this assumption, galaxies were used as a redshift or light-based yardstick to measure distances in the universe. But what if some galaxies were intrinsically redder than others? Little to no thought was given to their origins, compositions, or evolution until Beatrice Tinsley came along.
Beatrice saw galaxies as changing bodies of stars. She believed that they grew, evolved, and died because they’re made of stars, and that’s what their star populations did. To lump all galaxies …read more
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