Tag: programming language
Hugging Face and ServiceNow release a free code-generating model
AI startup Hugging Face and ServiceNow Research, ServiceNow’s R&D division, have released StarCoder, a free alternative to code-generating AI systems along the lines of GitHub’s Copilot. Code-generating systems like DeepMind’s AlphaCode; Amazon’s CodeWhisperer; and OpenAI’s Codex, which powers Copilot, provide a tantalizing glimpse at what’s possible with AI within the realm of computer programming. Assuming…
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Late Architecture with Functional Programming
Many approaches to software architecture assume that the architecture was planned at the beginning. Unfortunately, the architecture planned in this way is hard to change later. Functional programming can help achieve loose coupling to the point that advance planning can be kept to a minimum, and architectural decisions can be changed later. Michael Sperber spoke…
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Google Bard gets programming capabilities
Google updated its Bard AI adding programming, code generation, and debugging capabilities. | Photo credit: Reuters Google has updated Bard, its generative AI model, with programming and software development capabilities. With the update, Google’s AI chatbot can generate software code, debug, and explain a code. The chatbot will support more than 20 programming languages, including…
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Alberta to boost career-focused programming for Grade 7-12 students
Article content Alberta is increasing access to career-related training for students in grades 7 to 12, the latest move from the UCP aimed at bringing a greater vocational focus to the education sector. Article content Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said at a Monday news conference the province is implementing several recommendations from a task force…
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Programming Note: Offline For Passover 5783
This is a programming note that I will be completely offline on Thursday and Friday (also Saturday) of Passover, from Wednesday night April 5th through Saturday night April 8th. Any stories and videos published here will be scheduled, written beforehand, and not posted live. I will also be offline Wednesday and Thursday of next week…
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Donegal community honors pioneering programmer
The community of Creeslough in Co Donegal is honoring Kay McNulty, a native of the area, who became a pioneer in the field of computer programming. Born in 1921 in a house built by her father just outside the village, Kay McNulty and her family emigrated to Philadelphia in the USA in 1924. She only…
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San Diego nonprofit resumes older adult programming after pandemic hiatus
In the sanctuary of a Del Cerro synagogue on Tuesday, more than a dozen older adults focused on mindfulness and balance during their weekly tai chi class. Sitting in chairs, they followed as instructor Cassandra Wang led them through movements to gently lift the heels of their feet, relieve shoulder tension and rock their arms…
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Ballerina: A programming language for the cloud
Ballerina, which is developed and supported by WSO2, is billed as “a statically typed, open-source, cloud-native programming language.” What is a cloud-native programming language? In the case of Ballerina, it is one that supports networking and common internet data structures and that includes interfaces to a large number of databases and internet services. Ballerina was…
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College DEI offices are falling out of favor. Are faith-related programs at risk?
Alex Cochran, Deseret News Around Christmas, Matt Hartley, director of the Interfaith Center at the University of North Florida, found himself on a naughty list of sorts. The state of Florida had asked his employer and other public universities to compile and submit information on diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, initiatives on campus, as…
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