Tiobe believes “chances are high” that C# could replace C among the top three languages in the index. Also trending upward is C++, its rating rising 1.01 percentage points in the past year.

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.

Sections of the survey are devoted to major programming languages, including Java, C, C++, C#, Python and so on, with one "key takeaway" addressing their popularity, or love. "The programming ...

According to the PYPL index, C# had the biggest growth in 2012, rising more than 2.3 percent, by far the biggest growth of any language over the past year, surpassing Java, PHP and C++.

The TIOBE Programming Community Index shows year-over-year trends in programming languages based on search engine volume. In January 2024, the top three programming languages were Python, C and C++.

Powerful, flexible, complex: The origins of C++ date back 40 years, yet it remains one of the most widely used programming languages today. TechRepublic spoke to C++ creator, Bjarne Stroustrup, to ...

Microsoft's C# programming language continues to slide in the latest SlashData usage report out for Q3 2020. That report is the "Developer Economics State of the Developer Nation, 19th Edition," just ...

Before 2016, TypeScript was not a top 10 language in GitHub's rankings but it climbed to seventh position in 2018 and over the past year has shot up to fourth spot, eclipsing C#, PHP and C++.

C++ is the fastest programming language for economists. While Fortran is a very popular choice for economists, it was the C++ that ran the fastest on both Mac and Windows.