A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go.

C++, Go, Rust and cybersecurity shine in O'Reilly Media's analysis, but Python, Java and Javascript still rule. Written by Liam Tung, Contributing Writer Feb. 1, 2022, 4:14 a.m. PT ...

In winning the designation for 2020, Python jumped 2.01 percentage points last year in the Tiobe Index of language popularity, edging out C++, which increased 1.99 percentage points.

Its top 10 were JavaScript, Python, Java, PHP, C#, CSS, C++, TypeScript, Ruby, C, and Swift. Rust was in 19th spot. Notably, though, Java was not one of the languages to see much growth on GitHub.

Elsewhere in the TIOBE Index leaderboard, Python retains its vast lead over the rest of the top 10. Delph/Object Pascal fell in popularity month over month from 2.15% in TIOBE’s proprietary ...

Big news for developers out there: Google has just announced the release of a new, open sourced programming language called Go. The company says that Go is experimental, and that it combines the ...