The C language has been a programming staple for decades. Here’s how it stacks up against C++, Java, C#, Go, Rust, Python, and the newest kid on the block—Carbon.

Advantage Visual Basic. 47 years ago, on May 1, 1964, the first BASIC program ran at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. BASIC, or Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, was designed by ...

C++ rose slightly in popularity, gaining 0.76% according to the index’s ranking system. Each month, TIOBE Software ranks 100 programming languages by their popularity with the programming community.