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Programming

From Ada Lovelace's 1843 algorithm to AI-generated code — 180 years of humans teaching machines to think. Over 700 languages created. Millions of lives transformed. The craft that built the modern world.

⚙️ Systems 🌐 Web 🤖 AI & ML Open Source 700+ Languages 1843 – Present Unix & C The Internet
The Numbers Behind Programming
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26.9M
Software developers worldwide in 2024
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700+
Programming languages ever created
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180
Years of programming history — 1843 to today
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420M+
Open source repositories on GitHub
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$736B
Global software market value in 2023
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30%
Of new code at some firms written by AI in 2024
Most-Used Languages (Stack Overflow 2024)
What Is Programming?