The 10 most popular programming languages, according to Microsoft-owned GitHub's annual survey of developers. ... Anders Hejlsberg, developed C# two decades ago.

Developed in 1954 by IBM, it was the first major scientific programming language and continues to be widely used. Some commercial applications have been developed in FORTRAN. See FORTRAN .

Like C#, Visual Basic and F#, TypeScript is included as a first-class programming language in Microsoft Visual Studio. Other TypeScript users include Google, which used TypeScript to build Angular 2.

Other fast-growing but less-popular languages include Microsoft's TypeScript, Apple's Swift, Rust, and the Google-developed Go. However Python stands out as an already popular language that is ...

C#, pronounced "C-sharp," was developed by Microsoft im a team led by Anders Hejlsberg. It's similar to the programming language Java. It's used in mobile applications, games, and enterprise software.