Most popular programming languages Feb'2012

[m0skit0]

Python enforces strict indentation IIRC. A lot of languages (like Pascal, LISP, BASIC, Ada...) don't use curly braces, so that's not a problem for me.

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[JJS]

For me this list shows "most used" languages and not "most popular".

The horizontal axis is "number of projects on github", which is obviously a measure of frequency of use. And the vertical axis is the "number of stack overflow tags", the more used a language the higher the questions about it. But it could also be that the language is simply hard to use or it could be in fact unrelated to the language. I would make the case for iOS and Android development. Surely both questions would often be tagged with Objective-C and Java even though the question might be more about the SDK or the platform instead of the language itself. People are just forced to use it. I bet a lot of C# questions are in fact .NET questions too.

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[m0skit0]

I wouldn't take this as "most used languages". This does not take into account private repositories from private companies.

[JJS]

It also doesn't account for them if you take the graph for "most popular".

E: You know, I didn't want to start splitting hairs over this. Just wanted to point out that the data can be interpreted differently.

[azrayl]

Err, I would say that this graph kinda confuses scripting languages with I don't know how to better say it 'real languages'.
PHP, JavaScript and ActionScript (this one only works within Flash) are scripting languages which are not capable of doing anything alone.
They have to be combined with HTML/CSS at least to work.
Another thing is that PHP and JavaScript have different purposes.

And yea while I'm at it HTML is missing but would be far ahead of any other language ( it's only a markup language tho). And CSS follows it which is only a style sheet language.
Also PHP is a server based scripting language which doesn't even work unless you run the script on a server or an emulator.
But I agree on JavaScript and PHP taking up the front lines since every website is made with PHP and uses JavaScript for animations mostly with the help of a framework such as jQuery.
But what I am missing on the graph are query languages such as mySQL, mySQL, Oracle PL/SQL.
PHP is pretty much useless without a database.

I've been working for several airline companies in Germany, the Middle East and north Africa and what I've seen so far is that most booking, customer management, customer relationship management and loyalty management applications are made with Java and Oracle PL/SQL. And thos applications are mostly integrated via AJAX and old school iFrames into CMS's (Joomla! and Typo3 mostly) which are made with PHP.

I don't really know how and in regard to what that graph has been made actually.

[hgoel0974]

yeah C# rocks!

I guess maybe because it really is the easiest to learn and use

[Stiffeno]

If you include scripting languages (which i normally dont, imo if something doesnt need to be compiled to run, it aint programming lol), then by far id say that HTML since there are billions of websites, each with many pages and all of them need to be written! So HTML!

If you only count languages which require compilation, then C and C++!

And as a personal fave? ANSI C all the way baby ^_^!

[Acid_Snake]

imo if something doesnt need to be compiled to run, it aint programming

then you really don't know what the term programming means

[m0skit0]

PHP, JavaScript and ActionScript (this one only works within Flash) are scripting languages which are not capable of doing anything alone.
They have to be combined with HTML/CSS at least to work.

Just plain wrong. Get yourself informed first before saying such nonsense.

Another thing is that PHP and JavaScript have different purposes.

Every programming language has a different purpose.

Also PHP is a server based scripting language which doesn't even work unless you run the script on a server or an emulator.

Same as you can't compile C without a C compiler, or execute Java without a JVM, or execute C# without .Net virtual machine and so on.

since every website is made with PHP

Lolwut? No.

But what I am missing on the graph are query languages such as mySQL, mySQL, Oracle PL/SQL.

You don't consider PHP a programming language, but you miss SQL in the list? Go home.

PHP is pretty much useless without a database.

No, seriously, just go home get some sleep. You must learn to distinguish about how you used a language and the functionalities that language offers. The world, believe it or not, is bigger than your world.

I've been working for several airline companies in Germany, the Middle East and north Africa and what I've seen so far is that most booking, customer management, customer relationship management and loyalty management applications are made with Java and Oracle PL/SQL. And thos applications are mostly integrated via AJAX and old school iFrames into CMS's (Joomla! and Typo3 mostly) which are made with PHP.

So what is the point of this?

I don't really know how and in regard to what that graph has been made actually.

As I said, maybe you're living in your own world.

I guess maybe because it really is the easiest to learn and use

Well... no

something doesnt need to be compiled to run, it aint programming lol

So Java ain't programming? C# ain't programming? Python ain't programming? LISP ain't programming? No modern programming language is purely compiled.

then by far id say that HTML

HTML, as SQL, are no programming. HTML is even worse because you implement no algorithm with it. It's a MARKUP language, for God's sake!

ANSI C all the way baby ^_^!

+1000

[hgoel0974]

I guess maybe because it really is the easiest to learn and use

Well... no

Well I find it easy, it really IS easy, my first ever program was speech recognition so I guess you get my point (even though I used SAPI, I didn't use any reference) In C# you don't need to look up the documentation,just follow your thoughts!

Try it once