Oct 12, 2021 07:00:00

Python ranked first in the popular programming language ranking 'TIOBE Index' for the first time in 20 years of history

TIOBE, a Dutch company that evaluates the quality of programming code, updates the popular programming language ranking ' TIOBE Index ' every month. In the October 2021 version of the TIOBE Index, Python won first place for the first time, breaking the hegemony of JAVA and C that had continued since the aggregation began in June 2001.

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The TIOBE Index calculates the rating based on the number of word searches including programming languages in search engines such as Google, Yahoo !, Baidu, and services such as YouTube and MSN, and creates a ranking of popular programming languages. In the TIOBE Index, the number one position is rarely changed, but in the October 2021 ranking, Python became the number one position for the first time in more than 20 years of history.

Python is a language that has a concise language specification and is easy to read and write source code, and also has a huge number of specialized libraries. In recent years, it has been attracting attention in fields such as machine learning and data science. In 2019, Python also ranked first in the 'Popular Programming Languages 2019 ' published by the academic journal IEEE Spectrum.

The ranking and rating of the TIOBE Index in October 2021 are as follows.

1st place: Python: 11.27%
2nd place: C: 11.16%
3rd place: JAVA: 10.46%
4th place: C ++ : 7.5%
5th place: C # : 5.26%
6th place: Visual Basic (Visual Basic .NET) : 5.24%
7th place: JavaScript : 2.19%
8th place: SQL : 2.17%
9th place: PHP : 2.1%
10th place: Assembly language : 2.06%
11th place: Classic Visual Basic : 1.83%
12th place: Go : 1.28%
13th place: MATLAB : 1.2%
14th place: R : 1.2%
15th place: Groovy : 1.18%
16th place: Ruby : 1.12%
17th place: Swift : 1.11%
18th place: Fortran : 1.08%
19th place: Perl : 0.37%
20th place: Delphi / Object Pascal : 0.93%

For Python, C, JAVA, C ++, C #, Visual Basic, JavaScript, SQL, PHP, and Assembly language, which ranked in the top 10 in the ranking in October 2021, the changes in the ratings since June 2001, when we started counting This is a graph. C and JAVA have been competing for the 1st place for 20 years, but from around 2019, you can see that Python is gradually closing the gap with the 1st place.

TOIBE CEO Paul Jansen said, 'For the first time in more than 20 years, a new leader programming language has emerged in the TOIBE Index. The long-standing hegemony of JAVA and C is over. A simple scripting language alternative to Perl. Starting out as a mature Python, it has become the most popular programming language today due to its ease of learning, vast library, and widespread use in all areas. Congratulations, Guido Van. Mr. Rossum ! ”, Congratulating Mr. Van Rossam, the creator of Python.