Mainframes, especially the really big-as-a-house valve-based designs, had the attraction of heavy engineering and being first. Later micros had the attraction of power in a small and elegant package.

Written for experienced programmers looking for in-depth coverage of the Java language and platform, this revised and updated edition now covers Java 21. Cay S. Horstmann's sample programs demonstrate ...

Microsoft has announced three new benefits for premium subscribers to Visual Studio. The benefits are available to premium and enterprise subscribers, but aren't included for subscribers to the ...

If you are looking for a programmer present this holiday season, there is one book, or set of books, that should be top of any list... Donald Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming. Disclosure: I ...

This book shows how to use PHP and MySQL for web apps, the way the pros do. Joel Murach shows how to create a database-driven website that implements the MVC pattern in the first six chapters. The ...

The Pi 5 uses the custom RP1 chip to provide the connection to all of the peripherals. This is very different from the bcm2835 which is used in the earlier versions of the Pi. The RP1 may be new but ...

This book, written for developers comfortable with another programming language, concisely covers programming basics, while introducing Python's comprehensive standard library and unique features in ...

This book is aimed at people who want to learn how to program but don't know where to start. Joel Murach takes a self-paced approach designed to help build competence and confidence in the reader's ...

This book puts high-level design theory to work in a .NET context, teaching the key skills, technologies, and best practices required to become an effective .NET software architect. In this fourth ...

This book covers the latest developments in compiler technology, with new chapters focusing on semantic elaboration (the problems that arise in generating code from the ad-hoc syntax-directed ...

Sorting algorithms - surely nothing new? However Python 3.11 has adopted a new sorting algorithm that is better than TimSort. We all love sorting algorithms because it's where most of us cut our ...

Researchers have successfully recovered all the surviving text from one of the Herculaneum Scrolls, part of a collection of papyri burnt by fire and then buried under volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius ...