In accordance with the most recent TIOBE Index, C++ has overtaken Java in programming language reputation.
The TIOBE Index makes use of searches throughout 25 completely different engines to calculate the recognition of Turing-complete languages. The methodology used for the index has commonly been criticised however it suffices as a tough information.
Java has been a mainstay within the prime three programming languages for the reason that TIOBE Index launched in 2001. Nevertheless, that spectacular streak got here to an finish this month.
For the primary time, C++ overtook Java within the rankings. Java was pushed out of the highest three into the fourth place.
Java followers will take some consolation in C++ (11.94%) and Java (11.82%) being very shut in rankings whereas being comfortably forward of C# (4.92%) in fifth place. It might be of no shock to see the 2 swap backwards and forwards within the month-to-month TIOBE Index updates all through 2023.
Listed here are the highest 10 languages within the December 2022 TIOBE Index:
The surging reputation of Python, C, and C++ could show tough for different languages to meet up with. Within the prime 50, no language exterior the main 4 achieves a score improve of multiple %.
In accordance with another rankings, Java fares higher.
In an October 2022 report from consultancy agency RedMonk, which measures every language’s reputation on Stack Overflow and the variety of GitHub tasks utilizing them, Java remained in third place behind Python and JavaScript.
C++, which unceremoniously knocked Java out of third place within the newest TIOBE Index, was in seventh place in RedMonk’s October report. Will probably be fascinating to see the place C++ ranks in RedMonk’s subsequent report.
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