As ZDNet noted when Ritchie died in in 2011, C is the "heart of programming … as the quintessential expression of coding elegance, power, simplicity and portability." It's also a language that ...

It purports to measure the popularity of the world’s programming languages, and its popularity-over-time chart tells a simple story: Java and C are, and have been since time immemorial ...

Gewirtz chart shows Python ... The best advice for picking a programming language is first to figure out what you want to do and then choose the language best suited for that occupation.

this interactive chart from IEEE Spectrum can help you pick the first (or next) language to learn. It ranks dozens of programming languages against 12 weighted data sources: Google search ...

Last year, programming language Scala and Java-based Clojure topped the list of highest paying languages. This year, Scala and Clojure still top the charts, earning developers $182,000 and $ ...

Hailed for its versatility and dev velocity, Python has steadily climbed the programming language charts over the past few years. It’s considered a useful language for working with AI ...

Python consolidates its place as a long-term top-three programming language. Popularity may not be a single vector answer, but students and professionals still want to know if they're guiding ...

This article is adapted from an edition of our Off the Charts newsletter originally published in October 2021. Off the Charts is a weekly, subscriber-only guide to The Economist’s award-winning ...