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- 2019's Fastest Growing Programming Language Was C, Says Tiobe http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/pJNxybsNjao/2019s-fastest-growing-programming-language-was-c-says-tiobe 16 comments
- Growing a Language, by Guy Steele http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8860158196198824415 5 comments
- C++ is now the fastest-growing programming language https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/ip9i8h/c_is_now_the_fastestgrowing_programming_language/ 179 comments cpp
- 10 Fastest-Growing Programming Languages on GitHub - Dart #1 https://insights.dice.com/2019/11/11/10-github-programming-languages/ 4 comments dartlang
- India is the only country where the English-language (book) market is growing in double digits. Everywhere else is either flat or registering a negative growth. http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/as-book-sales-grow-publishers-flock-to-india/ 56 comments books
- Growing a Language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw6TaiXzHAE 8 comments programminglanguages
- As Cantonese language wanes, efforts grow to preserve it https://apnews.com/article/china-education-united-states-7377532823f77160fc467a874f2e81fe 2 comments worldnews
- As AI language skills grow, so do scientists' concerns https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/ai-language-skills-grow-scientists-concerns-86972278 28 comments technology
- Students in Western Australia's public schools are now learning Indigenous languages at a record rate, with numbers growing across the state. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-04/wa-students-learn-indigenous-languages-at-record-rate/101194088 194 comments worldnews
- C# is the fastest growing language in popularity in Tiobe's rankings https://www.zdnet.com/article/programming-languages-this-old-favourite-is-gaining-popularity-again/ 117 comments csharp
- How does the brain interpret computer languages? Neuroscientists detect a distinct brain network that grows stronger with practice. https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/how-does-the-brain-interpret-computer-languages/ 4 comments programming
- Google Dart tops GitHub's list of fastest growing languages in 2019 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/google-dart-tops-githubs-list-fastest-growing-2019-bill-detwiler 7 comments dartlang
- As Scrutiny Of China Grows, Some U.S. Schools Drop A Language Program https://www.npr.org/2019/07/17/741239298/as-scrutiny-of-china-grows-some-u-s-schools-drop-a-language-program 6 comments politics
- Languages because they're constructed can pose and derange, but always fall short of what in nature merely grows https://iai.tv/video/limits-of-language?access=all 3 comments philosophy
- French is now the fifth most spoken world language and growing—thanks to Africans https://qz.com/africa/1428637/french-is-worlds-fifth-spoken-language-thanks-to-africans/ 51 comments linguistics
- Rust is the 5th fastest growing programming language on GitHub https://octoverse.github.com/projects 73 comments rust
- Koreans' language growing apart. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-southkorea-dictionary/say-what-language-hurdles-plague-two-koreas-after-years-of-division-iduskbn1kv0oh 24 comments linguistics
- Signs of how a language grows: In a village in Israel, the way the deaf communicate provides a rare look at a linguistic birth. https://www.knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2017/signs-how-language-grows?utm_source=email&utm_medium=sunday-newsletter&utm_campaign=2018-01-21 8 comments linguistics
- Rosie Pattern Language grows up! Extends regex concepts, adds readability, unit tests, pattern packages https://developer.ibm.com/code/videos/tech-talk-replay-rosie-pattern-language-faster-data-mining/ 12 comments programming
- A person grows up for 15 years in country A where language A is spoken. He then moves to country B where language B is spoken; he lives there for 60 years. Yet he speaks language A better and speaks language B with an accent. Why is that? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/5jg5sc/a_person_grows_up_for_15_years_in_country_a_where/ 11 comments askscience
- Russian Language Study Grows in Finland Despite Sanctions Stand-off https://sputniknews.com/europe/20160928/1045791347/finland-russian-language-study.html 17 comments russia
- Sen. John McCain released new Spanish-language radio and TV ads Monday, looking to expand his lead by appealing to Arizona's growing Latino population. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/296662-mccain-spanish-ad-hes-needed-in-senate-now-more-than-ever 4 comments politics
- Growing a Language (1998) [pdf] http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/steele.pdf 6 comments programming
- India's demand for English language growing http://www.bbc.com/news/business-35003125? 187 comments india
- GitHub’s top coding languages show open source is everywhere: Java is now the second most popular language, and C# usage is growing, too. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/githubs-top-coding-languages-show-open-source-is-everywhere/ 7 comments technology
- Many things about OCaml - A growing blog dedicated to this awesome best language http://typeocaml.com/ 6 comments ocaml
- Growing a Language, by Guy Steele https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0 12 comments programming
- Hello World: Which programming languages are growing? http://spikeypillow.com/2010/04/what-programming-languages-are-people-learning/ 3 comments technology
- Yet another proposal for Haskell - the ever growing language http://tommd.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/yet-another-proposal-for-haskell-the-ever-growing-language 31 comments haskell
- An RPN calculator in 46 languages (and growing) http://www.stacken.kth.se/~foo/rpn/ 7 comments programming
- Guy Steele: Growing a Language (video of original talk) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8860158196198824415 16 comments programming
- Apple Blocks Update of ChatGPT-Powered App, as Concerns Grow Over AI’s Potential Harm | iPhone maker asks email app with AI-language capabilities to set a 17-and-older age restriction https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-blocks-update-of-chatgpt-powered-app-as-concerns-grow-over-ais-potential-harm-c4ca9372?mod=djemalertNEWS 8 comments technology
- Jeff Jarrett: "Grow up @PlatinumMax … My Social Media manager for @MyWorldPod said there were 172 of these videos in my *mentions* — “I don’t block blind, delusional, @AEW sheep; but, there will be payback soon…” ~ TLO ••⛔️WARNING⛔️ Offensive Language ⛔️WARNING⛔️••" https://twitter.com/RealJeffJarrett/status/1623420017856634880 4 comments squaredcircle
- Dart in 2016: The fastest growing programming language at Google, 2nd fastest growing in TIOBE Index http://news.dartlang.org/2017/01/dart-in-2016-fastest-growing.html?m=1 23 comments programming
- This Year, Change Your Mind - Make a new-year resolution to stay mentally fit. Learn a language. Take up beekeeping. Anything to keep your mind active, engaged, flexible and playful. Brain has amazing capacity to grow and adapt, even late in life. - The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/jan/01/how-to-better-person-2011 5 comments worldnews
- Study of the once dead Latin language continues to grow year over year, and may eventually reach critical mass - 65% increase in Minnesota over 5 years, +26% in New York over 4 years, +50% over 10 years in North Carolina, big increase in Canada and the UK. Time to bring this baby back to life! http://www.pagef30.com/2009/09/latin-enrollment-up-in-newark-ohio-also.html 4 comments reddit.com
- As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests. - Gore Vidal http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gore_vidal.html 31 comments philosophy
- Kids who are chronic targets of insults and criticism grow into adults who tend to resort to the same negative language. When praise is mixed with criticism kids tend to focus on what they did wrong. http://www.helium.com/items/1240515-child-grow-a-child-kids-independent-child 4 comments reddit.com
- Humans couldn't pronounce 'f' and 'v' sounds before farming developed, suggests a new study, which showed that diet-related changes led to new speech sounds that are now found in half the world’s languages. It takes less pressure to chew softer foods, so the jawbone doesn’t grow to be so large. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2196580-humans-couldnt-pronounce-f-and-v-sounds-before-farming-developed/ 129 comments science
- How fast are JVM-based languages growing among developers? http://blog.jelastic.com/2012/05/14/how-fast-are-jvm-based-languages-growing-among-developers/ 3 comments programming