Russia's Ministry for Communications has confirmed the institution of a new professional holiday on September 13th to promote the work of the country's programming industry.
Programmer's Day has been unofficially celebrated on this date, the 256th day of the year, since the early 1990s, but this is thought to be the first time the event has been formally recognised. (256 was originally chosen as it relates to the number of values representable in a byte of data.) The move comes at a time when the role of programming is growing in importance in Russia, with the innovation industry expected to increase its contribution to the economy in the next decade as the country looks to scale back its reliance on natural resources.
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