Syntax is found in all languages: verbs, subjects, and objects are arranged in predictable patterns that allow us to comprehend the action being described. And syntax goes deeper than language, as ...

How would you like to program like this? You can with Fortress, a new general-purpose statically typed language being developed by Guy Steele's Programming Language Research Group at Sun. Fortress ...

Coding mnemonics, which help software developers remember everything from variable names to language syntax, can take many - sometimes odd - forms Now that I’m middle aged, I’m finding that my memory, ...