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Tiobe Index: C back at #1

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Diego Zamboni
Author
Diego Zamboni
Position
Apr 2010
Position
Apr 2009
Delta in PositionProgramming LanguageRatings
Apr 2010
Delta
Apr 2009
Status
12C18.058%+2.59%  A
21Java18.051%-1.29%  A
33C++9.707%-1.03%  A
44PHP9.662%-0.23%  A
55(Visual) Basic6.392%-2.70%  A
67C#4.435%+0.38%  A
76Python4.205%-1.88%  A
89Perl3.553%+0.09%  A
911Delphi2.715%+0.44%  A
108JavaScript2.469%-1.21%  A
1142Objective-C2.288%+2.15%  A
1210Ruby2.221%-0.35%  A
1314SAS0.717%-0.07%  A
1412PL/SQL0.710%-0.38%  A
15-Go0.710%+0.71%  A
1615Pascal0.648%-0.07%  B
1717ABAP0.625%-0.03%  B
1820MATLAB0.616%+0.13%  B
1922ActionScript0.545%+0.09%  B
2019Lua0.521%+0.03%  B

Interesting information (look at the link for more stats, including long term trends, etc.) I find it interesting that Obj-C has seen such a dramatic increase in one year. A testament to the increasing popularity of Mac OS X and iPhone development? Also of note is a slight decrease in Ruby popularity.