This programming language is at an all-time low
The TIOBE Index for August 2016 shows that the C language is at an all-time low in its ranking system.
25 search engines are used to calculate the TIOBE index. The search engines are the 25 highest-ranked websites in Alexa that meet a set of conditions.
“The C programming language has a score of 11.303%, which is its lowest score ever since we started the TIOBE index back in 2001,” it said.
The group said that besides C not evolving like other languages, no big companies are publicly promoting the language.
“Oracle supports Java, Microsoft supports C++, C#, and TypeScript, Google supports Java, Python, Go, Dart, and JavaScript, Apple promotes Swift and Objective-C, but none of them supports C publicly.”
The rankings for August 2016 are detailed below.
| Programming Language | Aug-16 | Aug-15 | Ratings | Change |
| Java | 1 | 1 | 19.01% | -0.26% |
| C | 2 | 2 | 11.30% | -3.43% |
| C++ | 3 | 3 | 5.80% | -1.94% |
| C# | 4 | 4 | 4.91% | 0.07% |
| Python | 5 | 5 | 4.40% | 0.34% |
| PHP | 6 | 7 | 3.17% | 0.44% |
| JavaScript | 7 | 9 | 2.71% | 0.54% |
| Visual Basic .NET | 8 | 8 | 2.52% | -0.19% |
| Perl | 9 | 10 | 2.51% | 0.39% |
| Assembly language | 10 | 12 | 2.36% | 0.60% |
| Delphi/Object Pascal | 11 | 14 | 2.28% | 0.87% |
| Ruby | 12 | 13 | 2.28% | 0.86% |
| Visual Basic | 13 | 11 | 2.05% | 0.26% |
| Swift | 14 | 17 | 1.98% | 0.80% |
| Objective-C | 15 | 6 | 1.88% | -1.31% |
| Groovy | 16 | 37 | 1.64% | 1.27% |
| R | 17 | 20 | 1.61% | 0.60% |
| MATLAB | 18 | 15 | 1.54% | 0.31% |
| PL/SQL | 19 | 19 | 1.35% | 0.21% |
| Go | 20 | 95 | 1.27% | 1.19% |
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