It should come as no surprise then that the third most popular language among software developers in 2018, Structured Query Language (SQL), is actually two decades older than JavaScript, having been created at the IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose, California, in the 1970s. JavaScript, a scripting language that Brendan Eich developed in 1995, was recently named the most popular programming, scripting or markup language for the seventh year in a row by programmers participating in Stack Overflow’s 2019 Developer Survey.Wi-Fi has been the primary method of connecting computers and devices wirelessly since soon after its introduction in 1999, and the standard is sure to maintain its lead following the release later in 2019 of the faster sixth generation of Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 6).Microsoft’s first release of the Windows operating system suitable for widespread business use, version 3.0, debuted in May 1990, yet Windows still powers the vast majority of computers in the world. ![]() ![]() The great irony of the computer industry in 2019 is that an industry so enamored with the new depends to a great extent on technologies that are decades old.
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