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.

Java (12.961 percent share) C (6.477) C++ (5.55) C# (4.195) Python (3.692) Visual Basic .Net (2.569) PHP (2.293) JavaScript (2.098) Perl (1.995) Ruby (1.965) Elsewhere in the August index, the ...

C# is a programming language developed by Microsoft MSFT in 2000. It's versatile, object-oriented and component-oriented, allowing developers to build robust and efficient applications.

Java inventor James Gosling says he isn't losing much sleep over Microsoft these days, despite the software giant's effort to stem Java's popularity with its own Java-like language.