Is C++ Gaining in Popularity?

An anonymous reader shares this report from Dice.com:C++ is enjoying a surge in popularity, according to the latest update to the TIOBE Index, which tracks programming languages' "buzz." C++ currently sits right behind C and Python on TIOBE's list. "A few months ago, the programming C++ language claimed position 3 of the TIOBE index (at the expense of Java). But C++ has not finished its rise. C seems to be its next victim," added the note accompanying the data... ["At the moment, the gap between the two is only 0.76%."] Matlab, Scratch and Rust also match their all time high records at respectively positions #10, #12 and #17. So here, according to TIOBE, are the 10 most popular programmings languages: 1. Python2. C3. C++4. Java5. C#6. JavaScript7. Visual Basic8. SQL9. PHP10. MATLABThe site I Programmer digs deeper:C++ was the only one of the top four languages to see a positive year-on-year change in its percentage rating - adding 0.79% to stand at 10.8%. Python had the smallest loss of the entire Top 20, -0.01% leaving it with a share of 13,42% while Visual Basic had the greatest loss at -2.07%. This, combined with JavaScript gaining 1.34%, led to JavaScript overtaking it to occupy #6, its highest ever ranking in the TIOBE Index. They also note that COBOL "had a 3-month rise going from a share of 0.41% in April to 0.86% in July which moved it into #20 on the index."

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