After more than 4 years C is back at position number 1 in the TIOBE index. The scores for C have been pretty constant through the years, varying between the 15% and 20% market share for almost 10 years. So the main reason for C's number 1 position is not C's uprise, but the decline of its competitor Java. Java has a long-term downward trend. It is losing ground to other languages running on the JVM. An example of such a language is JavaFX script that is now approaching the top 20.
I don't know why this surprises me... I guess with all the advantages to OO programming I am just a little amazed that C is on top. I guess I should be happy since I spend 90% of my time writing in C. Also note that if you add C and C++ together then they totally squash everything else on the list.
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