The Codon compiler, from a team led by researchers from MIT CSAIL, allows developers to create new domain-specific languages
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Workers in the digital era can feel at times as if they are playing a video game, battling the barrage of emails and instant messages, juggling documents, Web sites...The New York Times From ACM News | February 9, 2012
Stephen Wolfram, a 52-year-old scientist, software designer and entrepreneur, tends to go his own way—often with noteworthy results.The New York Times From ACM News | February 7, 2012
In the brutal world of online commerce, where a competing product is just a click away, retailers need all the juice they can get to close a sale.The New York Times From ACM News | February 1, 2012
Chuck Bokath would be terrifying if he were not such a nice guy. A jovial senior engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute in Atlanta, Mr. Bokath can hack...The New York Times From ACM News | January 30, 2012
As crime-solving tools go, it may not have the same pedigree as, say, the oversize magnifying glass.The New York Times From ACM News | January 30, 2012
Even as Google tests its small fleet of self-driving vehicles on California highways, legal scholars and government officials are warning that society has only...The New York Times From ACM News | January 24, 2012
Writing is a craft whose basic purpose is to transmit meaning, but there are certain writers who seem to have different goals in mind: patent lawyers, many poets...The New York Times From ACM News | January 23, 2012
The push to move the nation from paper to electronic health records is serious business. That's why a first look at the campus of Epic Systems comes as something...The New York Times From ACM News | January 23, 2012
When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley's top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president.The New York Times From ACM News | January 23, 2012
The vast data centers that process information for the Facebooks and Amazons of the Web work at a brisk clip. But even so, they can't always keep up.The New York Times From ACM News | January 17, 2012
Researchers at I.B.M. have stored and retrieved digital 1s and 0s from an array of just 12 atoms, pushing the boundaries of the magnetic storage of information...The New York Times From ACM News | January 13, 2012
Google's popularity was built on its ability to help people find just the right Web pages. Then came the social Web, led by Facebook, where people go to see vast...The New York Times From ACM News | January 12, 2012
"Gorgeous," raves The Huffington Post. "Best-looking smartphone operating system in the industry," gushes Slate. "Far superior to most if not all the Android...The New York Times From ACM News | January 9, 2012
The TouchPad tablet from Hewlett-Packard was one of the most closely watched new gadgets of 2011—and quickly turned out to be the year’s biggest flop.The New York Times From ACM News | January 6, 2012
Ann Rosenbaum, a former military police officer in the Marines, does not shrink from a fight, having even survived a close encounter with a car bomb in Iraq.The New York Times From ACM News | January 5, 2012
One recent afternoon in the offices of the Midtown law firm run by David Boies and his powerful litigation partners, a large black clamshell box sat on a conference...The New York Times From ACM News | December 29, 2011
Passwords are a pain to remember. What if a quick wiggle of five fingers on a screen could log you in instead? Or speaking a simple phrase?The New York Times From ACM News | December 26, 2011
When a college textbook, "Principles of Biology," comes out from the Nature Publishing Group in January, one place it won't be is on the shelves of school bookstores...The New York Times From ACM News | December 20, 2011