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.

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 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.

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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.