Marking a first, Python has displaced Java to take the number two ranking in the November 2020 edition of the Tiobe Index of programming language popularity. C held on to the top spot.

Python has surpassed Java as the top language used to introduce U.S. students to programming and computer science, according to a recent survey posted by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Love it or hate it, JavaScript is the most popular language today, followed by Python and Java, according to developer analyst RedMonk's Q1 2021 language popularity rankings. The top 20 in RedMonk ...