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C you again

I was on a conference call today and someone mentioned that C has regained its place as the industry’s most popular programming language. I couldn’t believe it, after all Java has ruled the #1 spot for the last four years.

A quick check on the TIOBE index showed this to be true:

April 2010 Language League

The explanation they give is not that C is growing but that Java is declining. So what does this mean for the industry? Is Java dying? Is there another contender for the top spot gradually working its way up the ladder?

The one thing that stands out is that C is a good language to know. It’s been around a while and it’s not going anywhere in a hurry. I wonder if they’re still teaching it at college and university :)

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2 Responses to “C you again”

  1. Andy Piper Says:
    April 10th, 2010 at 17:21

    Did they break out C and Objective-C I wonder? It’s also worth noting that C has never entirely gone away in Linux / Open Source world, in spite of the growing popularity of desktop programming in Python, for example.

  2. Scott Clee Says:
    April 11th, 2010 at 15:40

    Objective-C has rocketed up from 42nd place to 11th! And yes I agree with you, Open Source has been a major player in C for a long time.

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