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.

There appears to be a resurgence in interest in 35-year-old programming language C++, which has risen to third place in Tiobe's index for April 2019. C++ was created in 1985 as an extension of C ...

Along with the rise of Python, and a swap for the eighth-most-used language between Shell and C, GitHub said 2024 was a banner year for open source as well, with "a continued increase in first ...

Overview: Python remains the top choice for scripting, automation, and penetration testing in cybersecurity.Rust and Go are ...

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.

The C language dropped to third place. C++ is the number two language in the Tiobe Programming Community Index for June, while C’s third place ranking is its lowest position ever in the index.

C is a great language to start out on, because a lot of other languages have borrowed directly or indirectly from it, including Java and JavaScript, C++, Python, PHP, and Perl.