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Microsoft Plans to Open C#, Visual Basic CompilersWhile Google is developing new programming languages such as its Go general purpose language and Noop Java-like language, Microsoft is adding functionality to Visual Basic and C# to continue to modernize those foundational technologies. In this article: Microsoft, Visual Basic, Java, All rights reserved, Trademark, Go, Web-based, Silver, and Google |
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CNET News.com | November 10, 2009
When open source isn't (open enough)
...Java community for years. Not that Java is alone. While Google gets plaudits for its open-source investments, some are quick to allege that Google maintains a closed Android community. The same sort of complaints have arisen over Google's...
In this article: Java, Red Hat, MySQL, CNET, IBM, Chrome OS, and Revenue
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Jay Fields | November 03, 2009
Polyglot World
...be found in the industry even more so than in books. Twitter is known to use both Ruby and Scala. Google uses C++, Java, Python, and Javascript. At DRW Trading we use any language that will help us get to market faster. Any given day, working...
In this article: Martin Fowler, Java, Linux, JavaScript, Clojure, SQL, HTML, and C++
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CNET News.com | October 27, 2009
Amazon's in-cloud database gets MySQL option
...in the information technology world. Competitors include Google App Engine, a computing foundation that can run Java or Python programs on Google's own BigTable database technology, and Microsoft's Azure, which will offer access to Windows...
In this article: MySQL, Amazon, Cloud computing, Linux, Sun Microsystems, and Python
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Wired: Compiler | November 11, 2009
Meet Go, Google's New Programming Language
...the e-mail address registered in this account. Google has released a brand new programming language it hopes will solve some of the problems with existing languages such as Java and C++. The language is called Go, and it was released...
In this article: Go, C++, E mail, Wired.com, Linux OS, Python, and JavaScript
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TheServerSide.com: | November 13, 2009
Google cloud languages: Python pedals to peak? Java on the way?
...from Evans Data, Python use has risen 45% since the spring of 2009! The company correlates these results with the release of the Google App Engine cloud development platform. The App engine only supported Python when released in April of 2008,...
In this article: Python, Java, XML, Internationalization, Hibernate, GO, Programmer, Google Web Toolkit, and Google App Engine
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Yahoo! News | November 05, 2009
Google Releases Core Development Tools as Open Source (PC World)
"It's very broad and comprehensive, well-tested, and very modular." Google is also making available Closure Templates, designed to automate the dynamic creation of HTML. These templates can be used within Javascript in client machines or in...
In this article: JavaScript, Web application, HTML, Java, Google Docs, Google Maps, Gmail, and Yahoo
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PC World: Latest Technology News | October 29, 2009
Can Android 2.0 Topple the iPhone?
...will fade away if it follows the Windows Mobile or Java tracks. Also, Android started as a Google-oriented platform, meant to promote Google's Gmail and other cloud services. That degree of lock-in was more than even Apple or Microsoft try...
In this article: Iphone, Android, BlackBerry, Nokia, Motorola, Android, ActiveSync, and Windows Mobile
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ziffdavis | November 11, 2009
Survey: Python Use Up 45%
...on the platform. Evans Data officials said only 13 percent of developers surveyed said they used Python before Google announced its App Engine platform in Spring 2008, but that number has increased to 20.3 percent today. Ironically, the...
In this article: Python, Google App Engine, Cloud computing, North America, All rights reserved, Trademark, Go, and Ruby
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