Now it is official, Python over takes Java as the popular programming language
By MYBRANDBOOK
The report from the TIOBE's index says Java has slipped out of the top two, leaving Python to occupy the spot behind reigning champion, C. For the first time in its 20-year history, C and Java don't occupy the top two spots, with Java slipping to third and Python taking its place. With Python finally overtaking Java in popularity, the future could be one in which everything comes up Python. The reason behind this is boom in data mining, AI, numerical computing, and other initiatives that commonly use Python's extensive data processing capabilities.
TIOBE CEO Paul Jansen said, "Some time ago I had a flat tire and called the road patrol to help me out. The mechanic asked about my living and when I used the word 'software' in my answer, he smiled and started talking very enthusiastically about his own passion: Programming in Python. From that moment on, I knew Python would become ubiquitous. In the past, most programming activities were performed by software engineers. But programming skills are needed everywhere nowadays and there is a lack of good software developers. As a consequence, we need something simple that can be handled by non-software engineers, something easy to learn with fast edit cycles and smooth deployment. Python meets all these needs."
Jansen uses that incident to illustrate what he believes is the reason behind Python's ever-increasing popularity: General demand for programming skills.
Jansen said that he believes this is the case despite claims from others that Python's popularity is due to booms in data mining, AI, numerical computing, and other initiatives that commonly use Python's extensive data processing capabilities.
As TechRepublic's R. Dallon Adams wrote in his piece on the October index, Python has been giving Java a run for its money for some time. October saw Python at No. 3 with the largest year-over-year growth percentage in the top 50 languages. Java, still at second place in October, had the largest negative year-over-year growth rate in the top 50 during the same period.
Java and Python's shift was even being telegraphed in September, with Python solidly occupying the No. 3 spot while Java continued to post negative numbers.
Python has long been a top-loved programming language, as has Java, but if Jansen is correct there could be a long-term shift coming in which Python becomes dominant simply because of how it's been marketed as easier to learn and still capable of doing all the things that Java can.
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