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In the newest of a series of moves to try to impart momentum to Intel's Itanium processor, allies backing the chip are funding work to improve a key programming tool. Compilers translate human-written ...

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The team behind scripting language PHP has announced PHP version 8.0, a major release that may require developers to review code for any breaking changes. This ...

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At Build 2015, Microsoft announced plans to allow Android developers to bring their apps to Windows 10. They also announced Objective C support to attract iOS developers, but one big question remained ...