People(programmers especially) love to fight about the right language – Tiobe published a toplist of the most used programming languages at their web site:
http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm
Java is number one, and C is second(thanks to all the Palm OS programmers, w00t:-)). C++ is third, Basic is foruth and PHP is fifth. Ah, and for our D freaks: D is number 16, and Ruby is 12.
Visit their site for more information on how they gathered the data, historical trends, etc…
P.s. Thanks to OneNerd for the link
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For the record… Java really shouldn’t be used nearly as much as it is. It is only notable for web applications. (Me = C/C++ Loyalist — what else?)
Hi,
and dont forget all the J2ME crap you see in TV all the time…
Best regards
Tam Hanna