The C language has been a programming staple for decades. Here’s how it stacks up against C++, Java, C#, Go, Rust, Python, and the newest kid on the block—Carbon.

Software firm Tiobe's December 2020 programming language rankings place C as the most popular language, followed by Java, Python, C++, C#, Visual Basic, JavaScript, PHP, R, and SQL.

Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto JavaScript, Python, Java, TypeScript and C# are the most widely used programming languages in GitHub projects, according to GitHub's 2022 Octoverse report.

News. Java and C++ Lose Tops Spots in TIOBE Index for the First Time. By John K. Waters; November 5, 2020; For the first time since 2001, when TIOBE Software began publishing the results of its ...