Chris Lattner spent a year and a half creating a new programming language---a new way of designing, building, and running computer software ... he'd mapped out the basics of the new language.

Swift 1.0 was released in September 2014. SEE: Apple’s Swift programming language: Cheat sheet (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Swift is a new programming language from Apple, built by Apple ...

Kurtz successfully ran the first program written in their newly developed BASIC (Beginner's All ... they were difficult to use. At first, programming a computer involved literally connecting ...

But, for many beginners from the mid-60s to the early 80s, BASIC was their introduction to computer programming ... Also: The Mac turns 40: How Apple's rebel PC almost failed again and again ...

Once upon a time, knowing how to use a computer was virtually synonymous with knowing how to program one. And the thing that made it possible was a programming ... BASIC from the start. Apple ...