Most popular programming language

According to eWeek.com, PHP is the top programming language that the job market is after, and VB.Net is the last one in the list:
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Manageme...arn-Right-Now/

And langpop.com's research shows the most popular programming language belong to the C. PHP is the 4th after C, Java and C++. VB.Net is somewhere in the middle of the list...
http://langpop.com/

Something to consider if you want to learn a new language...

3 - AJAX
4 - JavaScript

I roll my eyes in disbelief at the ignorance displayed in plain text for all to see. I send vibes of pity to authors of said article.

The first one was written 4 yers ago.

I don't think the eWeek listing was a ranking... just a list...
And langpop... well... unless they starting hitting Dice, Monster, TechJobs, etc... it's hardly conclusive.

-tg

@ Gary - I didn't even notice that... good call.

-tg

Stanav the toes on your right foot must be getting sore.

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Stanav the toes on your right foot must be getting sore.

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Luckily, I wear steeltoe shoes :D

Here is another one, and it's for August 2009... It lists VB.Net with a higher rank than C#...
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/conte...pci/index.html

All in all, if I'm to learn a new language, PHP probably benifits me the most in the job market since its rank is consistently in the top 5.

C seems to be ranked pretty high overall in those lists.

Good thing I'm learning some now.

Well, C has been around... for what... 40+, 50+ years? So that's not all that surprising. I'm not wholy convinced any of those results are accurate though. They don't seem to jive with what I've seen as "needed" in the market...

-tg

PHP is used on millions of sites, No wonder why it is way up there.

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Well, C has been around... for what... 40+, 50+ years? So that's not all that surprising. I'm not wholy convinced any of those results are accurate though. They don't seem to jive with what I've seen as "needed" in the market...

-tg

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Market demand is most definitely not an indication of popularity. It is normally driven by hype and at the moment it is probably driven by the need to save money.

The most popular language is the one you get paid to program in. All others are moot.

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The most popular language is the one you get paid to program in. All others are moot.

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1++++!

-tg

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The most popular language is the one you get paid to program in. All others are moot.

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So what is the most popular programming language for a person if he/she is not a programmer currently but looking forward to becoming one? ;)

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Originally Posted by stanav

so what is the most popular programming language for a person if he/she is not a programmer currently but looking forward to becoming one?

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html

Web 2.0

Automagical

and

Cloud Computing

Visual Telekinesis 2020 Hindsight++# Express

Html?... You can hardly find anyone building a website in pure html these days...

Wait a minute, guys... Are we still talking about popular programming languages or have we changed the subject to programming technologies?

I made my comment remembering all those people who would claim they know how to program in html as if html was really a programming language.

That was back in the early 90's though

I wonder whether the dominance of C in those lists has to do with people saying C when they mean C++ or C#.

well, in one, they lumped all flavors of C (incl C++/C# and others) into the same "C" category...

-tg

And what is "(Visual) Basic"? Does the Visual have precedence over the basic? :ehh: