Programming Languages

Programming Languages

Much has changed in the computer era and subsequent post-1990s Internet epoch. For example, surveys show that online surfing takes up a significant portion of people’s leisure time. Clearly, the World Wide Web has revolutionized the way individuals and societies communicate, interact and collaborate.

Linguistically speaking, jargon, dialect and language dynamics underline the evolution of the phonetic environment. For instance, neologisms arise as if documenting the changes taking place. So new words and expressions appear, such as the Net, cyberspace, cyberworld, cyberreality, cyberpsychology, cyberneuroscience and so on…

Futuristic Toronto. A futuristic scene. Image: © Megan Jorgensen (Elena)

Also, in addition to digital media and social networking Websites, computers introduced virtual or online gaming communities, or MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role playing games). Perhaps the best known of these is World of Warcraft, featuring a commercial with American legendary figure, martial arts specialist and actor, Chuck Norris.

Ada was the first programming language and was named after the daughter of the inventor credited with laying the foundations to the process. Basic, likewise one of the early languages is a distant precursor to Visual Basic, a modern code allowing for photorealistic graphic design. Alternatively, HTML refers to the commands used on the Internet in Webpage and Website creation and display. Additionally, C++, JAVA, Delfi, Fortran fail to even begin to complete the list of known programming languages. What’s more, Python (likewise used in CGI [computer generated imagery], animation, modeling, rendering and digital art production), and other applications for graphics (Windows and other platforms based languages and/or programs allowing building of animations, such as flashing stars in the sky, fireworks and bewegende gestalt (moving figures or animated shapes).

Even though Computer Generated Imagery transformed the world of visual arts, displays cover a distinct range: from conventional drawing methods to ultramodern 3D, graphic, and Web design, including photo art. Image: © Image: © Megan Jorgensen (Elena)

Finally, Alice is educational software teaching programming using 3D animation. Cartoons, and especially animations, were literally rendered phenomenal with scientific progress. Alternatively, animation, modeling and rendering software often offers Python scripts and coding. How can one tell apart an animated video made through coding line by line, from one with traditional sequential drawing, and using the most technologically advanced, recently updated version of a program or application?

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