"C" The Programming Language Of The Year

According to the February issue of SD Times. The “C” programming language has made a comeback. In fact it has been declared the “programming language of the year” by the TIOBE Index. It was reported last month that the general-purpose programming language and Kotlin were the top competitors for TIOBE’s 2017 award.

The TIOBE Index measures popularity of programming languages, and is updated once a month.
While C has held one of the top positions on the TIOBE Programming Community Index over the last several years, it has come a long way. In 2016, the index revealed that interest in C was plummeting as it struggled to compete against the web and mobile development world.

Despite all this, it is remarkable to see that C is getting more popular after a steep downward trend that started at the end of 2015. C had a rating of more than 17% at that time and lost more than 10% after that during the next 18 months. A possible reason for this revival is that C is very popular in the growing manufacturing and machine industry (including the automotive market).” according to TOBIE.

"C" then “C++” are the first languages I learned after BASIC and Pascal way back in grade school. That was more than a few years ago… One of my teachers gave a me a copy of “Kernighan & Ritchie” for helping him out in class. Still have it.

Glad to see “C” is still hanging in there!


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