"December Headline: Python, C and C++ Competing For Language of The Year Award"

According to 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 16.66% rating, just a touch ahead of C in second place, which ranks at 16.56%.   Researchers at the TIOBE Index noted that percentages are calculated not on market share but are instead “based on the number of skilled engineers worldwide, courses, and third-party vendors.”  The researchers stated that December 2021’s third place prize to Java has been challenged in the latest round of figures, as it dropped in ratings by 1.7% to fourth place.  Toppling Java off its podium, C++ witnessed a substantial 4.21% growth, but in reality, at 11.94% and 11.82%, both programming languages remain incredibly tight as they continue to be favored by developers worldwide.  Rounding up the top five was C# at 4.92%, with JavaScript coming in at 7th place, PHP in 12th, and Apple’s Swift coding language in 15th, down from 10th this time last year.  The researchers noted that TIOBE’s latest figures show that there is a very clear quartet of preferred programming languages that are likely to continue battling it out for top place alone unless another language experiences a significant surge in popularity.

TIOBE reports: "December Headline: Python, C and C++ Competing For Language of The Year Award"