{"id":22449,"date":"2022-12-10T10:13:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T10:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/10\/c-overtakes-java-in-programming-popularity-index-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-12-10T10:13:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T10:13:28","slug":"c-overtakes-java-in-programming-popularity-index-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/10\/c-overtakes-java-in-programming-popularity-index-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"C++ overtakes Java in programming popularity index \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Java is no longer among the top three most popular programming languages in the TIOBE Index, one of several not particularly definitive yardsticks by which such things are measured.<\/p>\n

According to Paul Jansen, CEO of Netherlands-based TIOBE Software, the rising popularity of C++ has pushed Java down a notch. The index’s rankings are now: Python in first place, C second, C++ third, and Java fourth. C++ stepped up to third, and Java fell to fourth.<\/p>\n

“C++ surpassed Java for the first time in the history of the TIOBE Index<\/a>, which means that Java is at position 4 now,” said Jansen in the December update for the TIOBE Index. “This is the first time that Java is not part of the top 3 since the beginning of the TIOBE Index in 2001.”<\/p>\n

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This is the first time that Java is not part of the top 3 since the beginning of the TIOBE Index in 2001<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The surge in C++, perhaps in part helped by the stable release of C++ 20 in December 2020, is particularly ironic in light of the language’s recent dismissal<\/a> by Microsoft CTO Mark Russinovich, which coincides with industry<\/a> evangelism<\/a> for Rust and its capacity for memory safety.<\/p>\n

Popularity in this case is measured by queries<\/a> related to programming languages that have been aggregated from 25 different search engines.<\/p>\n

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