Comment on The Top Programming Languages 2023
lysdexic@programming.dev 1 year agoKeep in mind that this is for « typical IEEE members », which I am pretty sure is not a great representative sample of programmers in general.
It’s still way better than counting references in YouTube and twitter.
wth@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
The lists are quite similar with a slight reordering in the top 7 or 8. But there is one interesting difference:
IEEE: Python, Java, C++, C, JS, SQL, Go TIOBE: Python, C, C++, Java, C#, JS, VB (!), SQL
In IEEE, VB is way way down the list. Do IEEE members use VB less?
I’m always amazed that C still scores so high, but I’ve been told there is a lot of embedded work still going on.
lysdexic@programming.dev 1 year ago
TIOBE measures social media chatter. Odds are there are far more people posting noise about VB just due to the low barrier of entry.
Also if I recall correctly VB is heavily used to customize Excel spreadsheets, which contributes to a larger potential userbase than any programming language.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
I’m still not totally convinced TIOBE can accurately determine if something is C or C++.