Python, the primary programming language within the TIOBE Programming Language Group Index in August, has additional solidified its place on the high.
Python moved from 16.12% factors in July to 18.04% in August, a significant bounce. This follows an equally outstanding year-over-year bounce of 4.71%. General, the highest 10 checklist noticed some motion close to the underside, with SQL persevering with with its upward momentum that began in Might.
The TIOBE Programming Group Index exhibits traits in programming languages primarily based on search engine quantity.
Python approaches document lead forward of C++
“It is likely that it is Python’s next step to become the most popular programming language ever,” wrote TIOBE Software program CEO Paul Jansen within the month-to-month launch of the TIOBE Index.
Python holds an 8% lead over the second language on the checklist, C++. Jansen stated that hole is “almost a record.” To interrupt that document, the distinction between the 2 languages’ rankings would wish to succeed in 9.55%, the lead Java had over C in November 2016.
“In summary, Python’s hegemony is now undeniable,” Jansen wrote.
“Is there any new language expected to come close to Python soon?” Jansen wrote. “Possible contenders Rust and Kotlin are approaching the TIOBE index top 10 fast, but it will take a lot of time before they become a real threat to Python.”
Rust sits at quantity 14. Kotlin sits at 18, a dramatic enhance year-over-year from 27, the place it sat in August 2023.
When TechRepublic requested about Python’s recognition in March, Jansen attributed it partly to “an incredible need for new programmers,” who typically seek for Python since it’s one among “the languages with gentle learning curves.”
Different modifications within the TIOBE Index in August
C++ and C stayed in second and third place in August. Farther down the index, SQL rose from tenth place to seventh. Fortran took over tenth place, a drop from ninth for the venerable language.