The tiobe headline itself is about rust. Java will decline because (1) so many hate on it, (2) there's always the new shiny, (3) Microsoft will never give up.

The tiobe headline itself is about rust. Java will decline because (1) so many hate on it, (2) there's always the new shiny, (3) Microsoft will never give up. No single language will replace it, though. At least not for a long time.