Scala is essentially the C++ of high level (ergo, memory managed) languages on the JVM. It supports many paradigms equally, and due to this, it has sacrificed the "simplicity" of the language. Even ...

A recent developer survey from Stack Overflow (Stack Exchange Inc.) shows that only 4 percent of professional programmers use the scalable language Scala in their projects. That’s a far cry from the ...

Python has scaled to the top of the monthly PyPL language popularity index, overtaking Java. Also on the rise, in the rival Tiobe index, is Scala, which has again cracked the index’s Top 20. This ...

The world of Java application development is not restricted to just the core Java language and the Java Enterprise Edition platform. The Java virtual machine (JVM) is host to a variety of other ...

Assembly language provides fine grain control. But it’s rarely used these days, with the exception of some operating-system hackers or 8-bit embedded programmers working on small modules. The ...

The Scala programming language, which runs on the Java Virtual Machine, has made some inroads into enterprise deployments, but improvements in areas such as tooling will help take it even further, the ...

I have found it both interesting and rewarding to learn a new programming language or major framework on a roughly yearly basis. If forced to self-identify with any single programming language, it ...

If you have the skills, Go, Scala and Ruby are the programming languages most likely to get you job interviews, although JavaScript, Python and Java are the languages most used by developers.