Much of today’s buzz is about alternative programming languages, and the pitch often emphasizes “increased developer productivity” (IMHO, a sham on multideveloper projects).

3) JavaScript JavaScript, the grandfather of programming languages, is roughly as popular today as it was in our last blog post. That’s no surprise to us. JavaScript is used by more than 80 percent of ...

Among these languages, C and C++ are the more well-known syntaxes. The C language is widely used for system programming, with UNIX OS becoming the first operating system to be written in the C ...

Rust is still a newer programming language, but it's been the "most loved" in the Stack Overflow dev survey 7 years in a row. It also has many powerful features that make it popular among large ...

But despite being an early programming language, created in the 1970s by Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie, C's popularity has dipped in recent years. It dropped from eighth to ninth place on GitHub ...

Programming languages have been around for more than 30 years in the computer industry. They're what help developers and engineers create all the applications and websites we interact with daily.

As the big programming languages battle it out for supremacy, there are always the underdogs waiting in the wings. In its 2024 report, GitHub put a spotlight on the fastest-growing languages.

The top language is given a score of 100, and all languages with lower scores are scaled in relation to it. C++ last year scored 99.7, followed by Java at 97.5, and C with 96.7.

Many end up being niche languages, best used to scratch an itch or fix a particular issue. It’s rare for a new programming language to break out into the big leagues and be widely used.