With the V8 JIT compiler, Node.js can interpret scripts in JavaScript and is protocol-independent, can use HTTP to serve HTML pages or other protocols for other types of applications. In other words, ...

Here are two great series on parallel programming from Intel's Shamem Akhter and Jason Roberts, presented together for easy reference. Fundamentals of threading shows how to use threads to execute ...

A new evaluation of popular parallel programming languages finds that the C++ library provides the best combination of usability and performance Multicore programming is a tricky problem. Developers ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. When language architects designed Python, they couldn’t conceive of a world where computers had ...

The new Mac Pro features a potential breakthrough in Mac OS X OpenGL performance that could dramatically enhance the speed of 3-D graphics—provided developers tap into it. Now the questions are: will ...