Google brings Rust support to Chromium
The move aims to simplify development while delivering a safer browser experience.
This week Google announced that the Chromium project is going to support third-party Rust libraries from C++ in Chromium. In fact, Google is actively pursuing adding a production Rust toolchain to their build syst... Read more
Meta PyTorch 2.0 is now available
Meta just released PyTorch 2.0, the latest version of its open-source machine learning framework.
The release aims to increase performance speed while maintaining the framework's eager-mode development and user experience. PyTorch 2.0 includes support for Dynamic Shapes and Distributed, among ot... Read more
Google positions Carbon as an experimental successor to C++
The Carbon Language was presented by Google software engineer Chandler Carruth at Toronto's C++ North conference this week. Chandler described the programming language as an "experimental successor to C++", sparking much interest in the C++ community.
Given the interest the community has shown ... Read more
Python squeezes its way to the top of the programming languages pile
Tiobe, the software-checking company has called Python the top programming language of 2020 because it became more popular in its index than any other language last year. Tiobe uses programming-related questions on search engines that calculate rankings.
Python rose by 2.1% in 2020 while Java de... Read more
Java is no longer the king of development, as Python gains popularity
Java was the king of programming languages for some time. Now it is trying to keep the second place as pressure from Python's squeeze intensifies. Tiobe, the software firm, ranked programming languages for its December edition of the ranking system and placed C at the top of the pile.
Following ... Read more
Developer survey shows C# losing ground to JavaScript and others
C# falls in popularity for cloud apps but is still a major player in gaming
A new developer survey from Slashdata has shown the popularity of C# dropping from third to sixth place in three years. C# is the primary language of Microsoft's .NET platform.
Despite the drop in popularity, however,... Read more
Latest release of C++ is boosting its popularity with developers
New features are making C++ the fastest growing language in the developer community.
It's been 35 years since C++ first appeared on the scene. The language quickly became one of the top three programming languages worldwide, with a market share of 17.53% in 2003. Since then, C++ has dropped in p... Read more
Chrome: ’70 percent of vulnerabilities are caused by memory issues’
The majority of critical vulnerabilities in Google Chrome are attributed to faulty memory usage, Google technicians confirmed.
According to Google, 70 percent of all security problems with Chrome are memory-related. Half of these are use-after-free vulnerabilities; these errors occur when Chrome... Read more