At one time, computer “programs” were simply written in “programming languages”. The programmer did much of the work for everything that happened.  Later, supplemental software “libraries” became popular.  Libraries are self contained repositories of code that provide a specific set of functions. Library code is typically written in the same language. Sometimes these libraries provided common and necessary functions, such as math libraries. Who wants to write the low level code that makes 2 + 2 come out to 4 every time you need a … Continue reading →