The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) selected Python as the top programming language in 2020 for the third year in a row. In the organization’s ranking, Java and C are ranked second and third, respectively.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has published the popularity of 55 programming languages using 11 metrics and a list of the 2020 highlights. The organization draws on research from sources such as GitHub, StackOverflow, Google Search, Trends, Twitter, Reddit, and more.
Top 10 programming languages of 2020 according to IEEE
- Python
- Java
- C
- C++
- JavaScript
- R
- Arduino
- Go
- Swift
- MATLAB
As you can see, Python is at the top of the table, followed by Java and C, respectively. See this page for a complete list.
According to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, one of the reasons Python is at the top of the growth chart is the use of this language for teaching, which has suddenly increased in statistics. Many users around the world keep asking the same questions over and over again, and this has been one of the reasons for its growing popularity.
This also happened in the 1980s for the BASIC programming language. Books, magazines, and even television programs were popular at the time, but only a handful of professional programmers used the language, which is comparable to Python.
After the popularity of home computers, the popularity of the BASIC language also came to an end. Of course, some of the advanced programming languages of the time, such as Microsoft Visual Basic, were still used by professional programmers.
The second reason Python is so popular is that, unlike BASIC, the language is constantly used in areas such as machine learning, thanks to its vast array of quality libraries.
The impact of the coronavirus on the IEEE list should not be overlooked. If we consider only Twitter as a benchmark, the COBOL programming language is in the seventh place. The US Unemployment Benefit payment systems used the language due to overcrowding in April, making it the headline of the news.
Most systems based on the COBOL language have apparently not been upgraded for decades. This caused a crisis in the shortage of COBOL language programmers and once again increased the demand for their employment.