How to Use programming language in a Sentence
programming language
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The code is still there, still written in the same programming languages and still available when something needs to be refined.
—Tiago Azevedo, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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The first version of the programming language Java was released.
—USA Today, 6 May 2026
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Your recruiting pitch should highlight modern tools and programming languages, as well as opportunities for training and mentorship.
—Robert Hogeboom, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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Simply by changing the programming language their coders use, organizations can have a large positive impact on their security.
—Evan Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
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If a company uses orchestration and integration tools sitting one layer above the agent's brain, knowledge of a programming language isn't a necessity.
—Max Surkiz, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
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Common programming languages such as Python or Rust, which contain roughly understandable plaintext commands for arithmetic operations, didn’t exist back then.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 12 May 2026
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Engineering education, Panetta says, has traditionally focused on tools like equations, programming languages, and lab techniques.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
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These systems—such as Isabelle, Lean, and Rocq—are specialized programming languages that check mathematical proofs step-by-step, verifying their logical correctness.
—Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026
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The courses within the Premium Learn to Code Certification Bundle are taught by Joseph Delgadillo, who teaches you different programming languages in a few hours, like C++, Python, and Java.
—New Atlas, 14 May 2026
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The stock dropped 13% in a single day in February after artificial intelligence model builder Anthropic said AI could assist companies with modernizing code written in the COBOL programming language.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
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Modular is a software company founded by Chris Lattner, the engineer behind the LLVM compiler infrastructure, Apple’s Swift programming language, and much of Google’s TPU software stack.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
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Hard and soft skills At a minimum, cybersecurity professionals should have a general understanding of IT including operating systems, communication protocols, network architecture, and programming languages such as C++, Java, and Python.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 May 2026
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