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New programming language rankings: Python now as popular as Java, as TypeScript climbs
Python is tying with Java as the second most popular programming language behind JavaScript, according to developer analyst RedMonk's latest ranking.
The second spot for Python is the highest position it's ever attained in RedMonk's list of top programming languages, which is based on an analysis of GitHub and Stack Overflow data. Historically, Python has been steady in fourth position but it rose to third spot three years ago in RedMonk's tables.
[...] Microsoft-maintained TypeScript for large-scale JavaScript projects has also risen one place to ninth position along with C. TypeScript could have slipped back to 15th but it continues to win developers because of its "ability to intermingle with a large existing codebase in JavaScript" and its ability to make code safer, according to O'Grady.
Rust is a popular language among developers who discuss technical challenges on StackOverflow, but it hasn't moved from its spot at 21. As O'Grady notes, Rust has the potential for core infrastructure projects but, like Google-created Go, it seems to be stuck on its current ranking. Go meanwhile has risen one place to 14.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by canopic jug on Wednesday March 04 2020, @08:05AM (3 children)
This is just more M$ spam from ZDNet. There is far more to the development of Free/Libre and Open Source Software than M$ GitHub®. That was true even before the sellout and it is even more true since the developer exodus which occured after the sellout.
Please, editors, bin any further links from ZDNet. It has been many years since it was sold to CBS and stopped covering IT. It has been just a marketing arm for M$ since then and all the proper journalists were fired or moved on from there years and years ago. So you won't find anything useful there now and there is no advantage to driving traffic their direction. Again, just bin any further links from ZDNet.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by inertnet on Wednesday March 04 2020, @09:48AM (2 children)
TFS is referring to Redmonk as a source, so why not link [redmonk.com] to them instead?
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday March 04 2020, @04:02PM (1 child)
Another good one is this: TIOBE Index [tiobe.com].
I've seen one survey recently (sorry no link) where Java was in the #3 spot. That is interesting because Java has been mostly in the #1 spot for over 15 years, never falling below #2. But things could be changing. Change is the only const.
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(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 04 2020, @05:45PM
A proper programming language won't let you change a const.