GitHub’s annual "State of the Octoverse" report has found that systems programming languages Python and Rust are rising. In 2024, Python overtook JavaScript as the most popular language on ...

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Rust is blazingly fast and memory-efficient: with no runtime or garbage collector, it can power performance-critical services, run on embedded devices, and easily integrate with other languages.

Programming language Python is now firmly the second most popular programming language, for the first time knocking Java out of the top two places in RedMonk's language popularity rankings.

However, TypeScript, Rust, and Python are also showing growth year-over-year, which the company says is a reflection of their versatility and appeal across different domains.