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Go re-enters TIOBE’s top 10 programming languages

Ryan Daws — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:32:31 +0000

Programming language Go appears to be making a resurgence as it re-enters TIOBE’s top 10 list. TIOBE creates its programming language popularity list using search data across 25 different engines. The methodology has been regularly criticised but suffices as a rough guide of the interest in each language. Go was created by Google and often... Read more »

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TIOBE: C++ overtakes Java in programming language popularity

Ryan Daws — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:42:08 +0000

According to the latest TIOBE Index, C++ has overtaken Java in programming language popularity. The TIOBE Index uses searches across 25 different engines to calculate the popularity of Turing-complete languages. The methodology used for the index has regularly been criticised but it suffices as a rough guide. Java has been a mainstay in the top... Read more »

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Source code for Rust-based malware leaks on hacking forums

Ryan Daws — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:23:53 +0000

The source code for an info-stealing malware based on Rust has leaked on hacking forums. Security analysts claim the malware is actively used in attacks and it appears to have a high antivirus evasion rate. VirusTotal returns a detection rate of around 22 percent. The developer claims to have developed the malware in just six... Read more »

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Rust vulnerability enables attackers to delete files and directories

Ryan Daws — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:00:56 +0000

Maintainers of the Rust programming language have warned of a critical vulnerability that enables attackers to delete files and directories. In a security advisory, the Rust Security Response Working Group wrote: “The Rust Security Response WG was notified that the std::fs::remove_dir_all standard library function is vulnerable to a race condition enabling symlink following (CWE-363). An... Read more »

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Déjà vu: Python wins TIOBE Programming Language of the Year

Ryan Daws — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:06:18 +0000

According to TIOBE, Python was the programming language that stole developers’ hearts in 2021. It’s the second time in a row that Python has been crowned the TIOBE Programming Language of the Year. Last month, TIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen floated the possibility that C# may take the crown for the first time after posting... Read more »

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Swift Playgrounds 4.0 removes the need for a Mac to publish apps

Ryan Daws — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 12:27:38 +0000

Apple has released Swift Playgrounds 4.0, enabling users to build and submit their apps solely using an iPad. Swift Playgrounds was initially released in 2016 as an educational tool and development environment for Apple’s latest native programming language, which was released a couple of years prior. The iPad version of Swift Playgrounds arrived first before... Read more »

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‘Massive’ Swift 5.5 release fixes ‘pyramid of doom’ and more

Ryan Daws — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:13:20 +0000

Apple has debuted Swift 5.5, a “massive” release that fixes its “pyramid of doom” issue among introducing other major changes. An issue with how Swift previously handled concurrency meant that a “pyramid of doom” of difficult-to-follow nested calls would occur when a developer wrote several asynchronous operations. Swift language inventor Chris Lattner had previously acknowledged... Read more »

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GitHub brings its suite of supply chain security features to Go

Ryan Daws — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:15:48 +0000

Go is receiving a boost from GitHub with the company bringing its supply chain security features to the Google-designed language. According to GitHut, Go is currently the fourth most-popular language on GitHub. The Go community embraced GitHub and now the company is returning the favour by helping them to discover, report, and prevent security vulnerabilities.... Read more »

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Programming language Coq wants to change its name for obvious reasons

Ryan Daws — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:57:44 +0000

Programming language Coq is looking to rebrand due to sounding like the English slang term for a certain male anatomy body part. Coq is a dependently-typed functional programming language first created by Gérard Huet and Thierry Coquand. The development of Coq has been supported since 1984 by INRIA, École Polytechnique, University of Paris-Sud, Paris Diderot... Read more »

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Python’s creator shares his thoughts on Rust, Go, Julia, and TypeScript

Ryan Daws — Mon, 24 May 2021 15:21:03 +0000

Python creator Guido van Rossum has shared his thoughts on some of those other programming languages making the rounds. The “benevolent dictator” himself shared his views in an hour-long interview with Microsoft Principal Cloud Advocate Manager Francesca Lazzeri. “I love languages, at least in theory,” says Van Rossum. “I always read language tutorials but I’m... Read more »

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