Now, even C++’s systems niche is under threat, with Rust, a powerful memory-safe programming language that avoids many of C++’s problems.

Python, C, and C++’s rising popularity may make it difficult for other languages to catch up. No language outside the top four achieves a rating increase of more than 1 per cent in the top 50.

The vaunted C++ programming language, which overtook Java last month in the monthly Tiobe Index of language popularity, was the index’s biggest gainer in 2022, Tiobe announced this week.

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The C language dropped to third place. C++ is the number two language in the Tiobe Programming Community Index for June, while C’s third place ranking is its lowest position ever in the index.

However, not everyone is happy with C++, notably the US government, which issued a report this year urging programmers to move to memory-safe programming languages.