This repository contains material for the Advanced Programming course. Academic Year 2025-2026. This course is offered jointly by SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies) and UniTS ...

Learning to program in C on an online platform can provide structured learning and a certification to show along with your resume. Learning C can still be useful in 2026, especially if you want to ...

To err is human, to blame it on a computer is even more so, says the comedy writer Robert Orben. This statement recognizes that we may continue to forge ahead, regardless of the consequences, because ...

COBOL stands for Common Business-Oriented Language and was created in 1959. It was partly drawn on the work of computing pioneer Grace Hopper and was built for a single purpose: processing business ...

Abstract: This article introduces CORDA (COnvergent Reactive Distributed Abstractions), a programming model for decentralized software based on replicated convergent dataflows. CORDA encapsulates ...

UPDATE March 8, 2021: This repository is no longer under development. Together with Mike Kestemont and Allen Riddell, I have published a much more comprehensive book about processing humanities data ...

Every few years, the tools we use to automate work shift. In 2025, picking the best programming language for automation can mean fewer headaches and faster results. This post walks through how to ...

Unix operating system is a multitasking, multiuser operating system developed in the late 1960s. AT&T Bell Labs is the developer of the Unix Operating System. Originally designed for exclusive use by ...

The Mac Terminal app is your window into macOS's UNIX underpinnings. Here's how to customize the appearance of Terminal in macOS. The UNIX operating system standard goes back decades. To 1970 in fact, ...

For decades, Linux and BSD have stood as two dominant yet fundamentally different branches of the Unix-like operating system world. While Linux distributions, such as Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora, have ...