That figure relates to third generation languages and sizeable corporate projects, above the size of McConnell's smallest projects. It could be argued that different development languages are now used, yet there is actually little real change.
Consumers don't care about programming languages. At Sun's worldwide analyst conference the other week, CEO Scott McNealy made a comment along the lines of 'We're not a consumer brand, and we never will be'.
It also has an on-screen keyboard for two Indian languages - Hindi and Kannada - with more languages to be added soon, the companies said. The Amida Simputer, originally developed as a "poor man's computer", is now being pitched as a device that...
The C compiler is itself written in C - in developing new programming languages, it is common for the compiler to be written so that it can compile itself, the ultimate test of the compiler and of the complexity of the language.
That's before you even consider the suitability of IM for online service help lines and the like. The next bit of good news came from the highly influential Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) which has just stated it will back the Extensible...
An IBM spokewoman said: "Our original call centre employs technical graduates with language skills, but for the new centre, we're looking more for languages along with a pleasant manner. The new facility will handle calls from 13 European countries...