Things get very messy when you move away from mathematically founded theories like probability. What does it mean to say that you are 70% sure of something? Can you create a theory of the credible ...

In recent columns, I’ve praised the low-level pleasures of assembly language and C. My argument is that, even if you never use these languages professionally, it’s important to broaden your mind and ...

Picat is a new logic-based programming language. In many ways, Picat is similar to Prolog, especially B-Prolog, but it has functions in addition to predicates, pattern-matching instead of unification ...