I'm Not Convinced Anthropic's New COBOL Coding Tool Is an Actual Threat to IBM

Finally, while Anthropic's ultimate unvoiced argument for modernizing COBOL is allowing institutional customers to move away from IBM's mainframes and toward the use of more flexible third-party cloud ...

Anthropic says Claude Code transformed programming. Now Claude Cowork is coming for the rest of the enterprise.

Anthropic is making its boldest enterprise push yet with Claude Cowork, rolling out private plug-in marketplaces, deep integrations, and AI agent tools that are reshaping corporate adoption and ...

Will software engineering profession die in the age of AI? IBM stock bleeds as Claude Code writes COBOL scripts. What it means for techies

AI agents like Claude Code are reshaping software development by automating legacy modernisation and routine coding. A recent ...

Ring Programming Language Team Honors a Decade of Contributions from Applications Master Bert Mariani (2016–2026)

Celebrating Ten Years of Innovation, Leadership, and Lasting Impact Bert’s decade of contributions has shaped Ring in ...
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Java Holds No 3 in Tiobe Index as C# Wins 2025 Programming Language of the Year

Java ranked third in the Tiobe Index for January 2026 at 8.71%, holding steady behind Python and C and just ahead of C++. Tiobe named C# its Programming Language of the Year for 2025 after the largest ...
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MiniMax releases M2.1 AI model for multi-language programming versatility

Chinese artificial intelligence startup MiniMax today announced the release of M2.1, a significantly enhanced performance for real-world complex tasks and agentic capabilities across more programming ...
InfoWorld

R language is making a comeback – Tiobe

The R language for statistical computing has creeped back into the top 10 in Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity. “Programming language R is known for fitting statisticians and ...
Wired

Programming in Assembly Is Brutal, Beautiful, and Maybe Even a Path to Better AI

Rollercoaster Tycoon wasn’t the most fashionable computer game out there in 1999. But if you took a look beneath the pixels—the rickety rides, the crowds of hungry, thirsty, barfing people (and the ...
Neowin

AI's impact on programming language popularity revealed

AI is changing the game for programming languages. According to a new report, Python holds the top spot while JavaScript drops. The reason? "Vibe coding" with AI assistants. Python holds the top spot ...
PC World

Microsoft’s first-ever programming language was just open-sourced

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...
Forbes

Computational Thinking Is The New Programming

AI has mushroomed. We know that generative AI has already become ubiquitous, so that it is now bidding to augment, assist and even replace the things we do. GPU company CEO Jensen Huang declared ...