Over the past few weeks, we've been discussing programming language popularity here on ZDNET. Most recently, I aggregated data from nine different rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of ...

One employee who got involved was Patrick Walton, who’d joined Mozilla after deciding to leave his PhD studies in programming languages. He remembers Brendan Eich, the inventor of JavaScript ...

Is it based on surveys? What really determines the popularity of programming languages? Also: The rise and fall in programming languages' popularity since 2016 - and what it tells us Today we will ...

Regardless of whether a given programming language is object-oriented or procedural, these fundamental concepts still apply. However, one major difference hinges on how developers use curly braces in ...

TIOBE Programming Index News May 2025: Python Hits Major Milestone Your email has been sent Python holds the highest share of interest in a programming language in decades Go, Rust, and other ...

There are fads in programming languages, and new ones come and go, often without lasting impact. Now 12 years old, Rust took time to mature from the side project of a Mozilla researcher into a ...

We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Objective-C, the language of the Apple world of iOS and the Mac, has overtaken C++ in a key index that measures the most ...

This shift is part of a broader evolution in programming languages, from machine code to high-level languages, and now to the era of natural language processing (NLP). One of the most significant ...

White House Recommends Memory-Safe Programming Languages and Security-by-Design Your email has been sent Memory safety vulnerabilities a concern in programming languages New metrics for measuring ...