Tiobe index of programming language popularity identified Python and C++ as the languages with the ... third most popular language behind C and Java in the January 2021 edition of the index ...

The top 10 languages behind C, Java and Python are C++, C#, Visual Basic, Javascript, PHP, Assembly Language, and SQL. Another interesting shift is around Rust, the programming language created ...

put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go. Programmers and developers can tap into a variety of languages to build applications ...

And, while the Java ... though, Python and C share a deep connection: the reference Python runtime is written in C. This allows Python programs to wrap libraries written in C and C++.

SEE: Top 5 programming languages for systems admins to learn (free PDF) (TechRepublic) If you’re excited by the data and logic side of coding, you may wish to learn Python, Java, C, C++ or C#.