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.

C++ gained 0.90% popularity, according to the index’s ranking system. Java fell in popularity by 2.23%, although not enough to remove it from the number 4 spot it held in August.

"The gap between C# and Java never has been so small," says the latest edition of the TIOBE Index of programming language popularity. "Currently, the difference is only 1.2 percent, and if the trends ...