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.

Java searches were down 3.93% over the period, while Python gained 1.86%. The top 10 languages behind C, Java and Python are C++, C#, Visual Basic, Javascript, PHP, Assembly Language, and SQL.

Python's ascent continues among software developers, bolstered by its usability compared with Java and C. Written by Liam Tung, Contributing Writer June 10, 2019 at 5:03 a.m. PT ...

About 22 percent of all software programmers used C++, and 19 percent used C as of 2023, according to Statista, making them less popular than JavaScript, Python, Java and a few others.

Java is considered harder to learn than Python but easier than C or C++, according to CodingNomads. The main reason is that Java improved on C, and Python improved on Java.

A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go.

The fact is, Python is a great choice for noncomputer scientists who need to program for tasks in many mathematical and scientific areas. A wide variety of well-tested Python libraries are designed to ...

This is how C++ and Java came to supplant Pascal, a popular language for teaching programming in the 1980s. Python possesses a mix of qualities that makes it a good candidate for universities.

For Python versus other languages, the place where it really gets interesting is that the unit time per solution is lower than it is with languages like Java, C++ or C. Yeah, it’s interpreted (ish).

The C language kept its number one ranking for November, but Python slipped into the number two spot, edging Java and C++ into third and fourth place, respectively. Python has enjoyed something of a ...