While Python is IEEE's lead programming language, the spotlight is on SQL, which leads the organization's jobs rankings. Image: sharafmaksumov/Adobe Stock.

Python remains a clear leader among programming languages for engineers, beating out Java, and JavaScript in IEEE Spectrum's 2021 language rankings. The publication IEEE Spectrum taps members from ...

IEEE Spectrum has followed up last year's report on the top programming languages with a new study that sees R making a big jump in the popularity rankings, presumably coinciding with its status as a ...

We aggregated data from nine rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

For example, one big difference is that the IEEE tool searched for "X programming" in January 2014, while the PYPL tool also used the word "tutorial." All such tools take different approaches, and ...

IEEE published its ninth annual ranking of top programming languages, wherein Microsoft's C# and TypeScript both rank in the top 10. The organization uses multiple methods and sources -- which seem to ...