Both ODBC and JDBC drivers, however, are typically written in the C language or C#, so the drivers themselves are fast and efficient. Some JDBC drivers are written in Java, and the interpreted nature ...

"The gap between C# and Java never has been so small," says the latest edition of the TIOBE Index of programming language popularity. "Currently, the difference is only 1.2 percent, and if the trends ...

Java showed a dramatic decline of -3.92% on TIOBE’s system. While the programming language still sits at number four, Jansen notes that C# has never been this close to catching up to Java.

C#, F#, and Visual Basic are the most prominent languages used with .NET: C#: Announced with much fanfare upon .NET’s launch in 2002, C# is the most famous and widely used .NET programming language.