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Java's done really well. It's in lots of things: https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ Java compiles to WebAssembly too. Googl

• kchr 2y ago
  From the TIOBE site[0]: > Since there are many questions about the way the TIOBE index is assembled, a special page is devoted to its definition. Basically the calculation comes down to counting hits for the search query > > +"<language> programming" I don't think the popularity of a programming language could be measured by how many hits it has on search engines. For example, it may well be that 50% of those hits are forum posts from people being frustrated because the language sucks. In addition, the fact that a language is in use in a lot of existing systems says little about when that code were written, and which options were available at that time. [0] https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/programminglanguages_definition/ https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/programminglanguages_defin...
  • peutetre 2y ago
    Use whatever index you like. Java's always in the top languages. Here's RedMonk's: https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2024/09/12/language-rankings-6-24/ https://redmonk.com/sogrady/2024/09/12/language-rankings-6-2... Here's GitHub's: https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-2024/ https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/octoverse-2024/
    • lenkite 2y ago
      In addition to the above PyPL https://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html https://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html. Java is #2. Jobs Job scene scraped over 21 months over 2023-24. Java is #3 https://www.devjobsscanner.com/blog/top-8-most-demanded-programming-languages/ https://www.devjobsscanner.com/blog/top-8-most-demanded-prog...