Python continues to shake Java from its spot as one of the top programming languages.

Tiobe believes the spread of domain-specific languages in fields such as biomedical and statistical programming could be reducing the need for general-purposes languages such as Java and C++.

The C language has been a programming staple for decades. Here’s how it stacks up against C++, Java, C#, Go, Rust, Python, and the newest kid on the block—Carbon.

Programming language Python is now firmly the second most popular programming language, for the first time knocking Java out of the top two places in RedMonk's language popularity rankings.