TIOBE Index News (December 2023): Smaller Programming Languages Are Rising in Popularity
The rise of smaller languages may be due to the number of programmers increasing or to search engine ranking algorithms changing.
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The rise of smaller languages may be due to the number of programmers increasing or to search engine ranking algorithms changing.
The programming language Kotlin made waves because of its strong type system and other modern features.
"The gap between C# and Java never has been so small," according to October's update for TIOBE's "Programming Community Index". "Currently, the difference is only 1.2%, and if the trends remain this way, C# will surpass Java in about 2 month's time." Java shows the largest decline of -3.92% and C#...
C# is on track to take fourth place in the TIOBE Programming Community Index, but the rankings stick to the status quo in October.
Kotlin competes with Java to be a top programming language for mobile applications on Android. The top 3 stay steady.