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‘Futuristic’ Unison functional language debuts

Functional language based on ‘content-addressed code’ promises to simplify distributed programming and eliminate builds and ...

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

“Bill Gates was bitching about us changing JS all the time,” Eich later recalled of the fall of 1996. Microsoft created its ...

JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web

Thirty years ago, Netscape and Sun Microsystems introduced JavaScript as a new, cross-platform scripting language for ...

Michael Douglas Always Knew ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ Was Going to Be a Hit

For its 50th anniversary, Warner Bros. has issued a new "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" 4K disc and Michael Douglas is ...
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Why We Can’t Quit Excel

Before it took over her life, Leila Gharani mostly took Microsoft Excel for granted. She was working on a process optimization project for a large paper-products manufacturer—a job that, to hear her ...