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.

Marking a first, Python has displaced Java to take the number two ranking in the November 2020 edition of the Tiobe Index of programming language popularity. C held on to the top spot.

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. The December 2002 ...

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"Python conquered the third position in the TIOBE index last year, but its popularity is still rising," said Paul Jansen, CEO TIOBE Software, in announcing the October 2020 rankings. "This month it ...

A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go.

This is how C++ and Java came to supplant Pascal, a popular language for teaching programming in the 1980s. Python possesses a mix of qualities that makes it a good candidate for universities.

C++ has passed Java “for the first time”, says TIOBE. Skip to main content ... JavaScript, and Ruby. Python came in at 4th place, with C and C++ not even making it into the top 10.

Elsewhere in the TIOBE Index leaderboard, Python retains its vast lead over the rest of the top 10. Delph/Object Pascal fell in popularity month over month from 2.15% in TIOBE’s proprietary ...

CHENNAI: CBSE school students soon need not study lengthy C++ or Java programmes. Instead, they will get an opportunity to learn Python , a short and easy programming language from next academic year.