This is why I’ve long argued that BASIC is the most consequential language in the history of computing. It’s a language for noobs, sure, but back then most everyone was a noob. Throughout the ...

Tony Brooker, the mathematician and computer scientist who designed the programming language for the world’s first commercial computer, died Nov. 20 at a nursing home in Hexham, England. He was 94.

The computer book : from the abacus to artificial intelligence, 250 milestones in the history of computer science / Simson L. Garfinkel and Rachel H. Grunspan ...

The Computer History Museum located in Mountain View, California, today released the Apple Lisa source code, including its system and applications software.

Here are some landmark dates in the history of personal computers which evolved from heavy desktop computers in the 1970s to the light-weight laptops introduced over the past few years: ...

After meeting Alan Turing, Mr. Brooker went to work at the University of Manchester and wrote the programming language for the first commercial computer.

Here are some landmark dates in the history of personal computers which evolved from heavy desktop computers in the 1970s to the light-weight laptops introduced over the past few years: ...