May 2026 TIOBE Index keeps Python #1 as Java edges past C++. R climbs to #8, and Paul Jansen says statistical tools are consolidating around Python and R.

SAS Institute is one of the world’s most valuable private software companies and a major economic and cultural force in Cary, North Carolina, which is home to its headquarters. One of its co-founders, ...

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato ...

SAS Institute has exited the Chinese market after over two decades, eliminating approximately 400 jobs. The software company cited "organizational optimization" and a global operational shift for its ...

SAS CEO Dr. Jim Goodnight and CIO Jay Upchurch share perspectives on AI, customer requests, and the company’s upcoming IPO. SAS Institute cofounder and CEO Dr. Jim Goodnight has been steeping his ...

At its Innovate conference, SAS on Wednesday announced a series of offerings across its portfolio that focus on AI in all its forms. They ranged from a series of enhancements to its Viya platform to a ...

Looking to get into statistical programming but lack industry experience? We spoke with several statistical programmers from diverse backgrounds, and one thing became clear—there’s no single path to ...

The object-oriented paradigm popularized by languages including Java and C++ has slowly given way to a functional programming approach that is advocated by popular Python libraries and JavaScript ...

At today's kickoff for Microsoft Ignite, the company announced that SQL Server 2025 is finally coming. No timing was announced for the release, but based on prior versions, I would expect to see a ...

Kirk Paul "sasNerd" Lafler is providing an in-person training class at the MidWest SAS Users Group (MWSUG) Educational Forum and Conference on November 17th, 2024 in Waukesha (suburbs of Milwaukee), ...

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Over the past few weeks, we've been discussing programming language popularity here on ZDNET. Most recently, I aggregated data from nine different rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming ...