As the Sun vs. Microsoft battle over Java drags on, Windows developers wonder if it's time to write off J++ and adopt Microsoft's 'Java killer,' C#.

Java showed a dramatic decline of -3.92% on TIOBE’s system. While the programming language still sits at number four, Jansen notes that C# has never been this close to catching up to Java.

However, IEEE Spectrum earlier this year ranked Python as the top language, ahead of C, Java, C++, C#, R, JavaScript PHP, Google's Go, and Apple's Swift. Previous and related coverage.

News. C Leads, Java Slips, C++, C# and R Climbing Fast in TIOBE Rankings. By John K. Waters; September 8, 2020; The results of the September TIOBE Programming Community index are in, and the C ...