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> third most important programming language not going to debate that, but I'm curious, what do you rank as #1 and #2?

• phkahler 6y ago
  The tiobe index lists Java and C in those spots.
  • dkarlovi 6y ago
    That's fair, I guess.
  • fermigier 6y ago
    Python is number 2 now, according to https://www.techrepublic.com/article/python-overtakes-java-to-become-the-second-most-popular-programming-language/ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/python-overtakes-java-t... :) We should not give too much importance to this, but the fact is that Python is now ranked consistently #1, #2 or #3 in sufficiently many rankings to consider it seriously.
  • webmaven 6y ago
    > The tiobe index lists Java and C in those spots. That list is ranking languages by current popularity, though, rather than 'importance'. I'd define 'importance' as more along the lines of "amount of havoc created if all software written using that language were broken/deleted at once".
    • govg 6y ago
      Wouldn't languages like COBOL rank pretty highly because a lot of legacy banking systems are written in that?
      • webmaven 6y ago
        Yes, but frankly, C would still cause more havoc because even if the mainframes somehow continued to run, they would still be effectively inaccessible over any network.