Java searches were down 3.93% over the period, while Python gained 1.86%. The top 10 languages behind C, Java and Python are C++, C#, Visual Basic, Javascript, PHP, Assembly Language, and SQL.

C++ ranks higher than Java in the Tiobe language popularity index for the first time ever, dating back to 2001. Java slipped to a new low in the latest edition of the index.

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 TIOBE Index, which promises to check more than one billion lines of code every day in an effort to keep on top of usage, noted that Python remains the most popular coding language, affording a ...

According to SlashData, there are now 8.2 million developers in the world who code using Python and that population is now larger than those who build in Java, who number 7.6 million.

In Part 2 of this series, MathWorks' Heather Gorr details how to take advantage of Python-based AI and ML libraries via MATLAB. Wrapping up this video series, MathWorks' Heather Gorr talks about ...

This story is from March 23, 2018 Python replaces C++, Java in new CBSE curriculum Ram Sundaram / TNN / Updated: Mar 23, 2018, 07:58 IST AA Follow us ...