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The latest update to the TIOBE Index reveals notable shifts in the world of software development. While traditional programming languages remain popular, many developers are seeking out technologies that can make sense of the vast amounts of modern digital data. Legacy languages like C, COBOL, Fortran, and Assembly still have their place, but they no longer take center stage.

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[–] umt@lemmynsfw.com 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The fact that the scratch language is in the top 20 should tell you how seriously you should take this metric. TIOBE measures the number of search hits mentioning the language. So a language that is popular with learners, or that has poor documentation and thus requires a lot of third party documentation, or that it is profitable to run ads next to will all be inflated.

[–] umt@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I personally think the advertising bump is why matlab is on there. Matlab programmers are the kind of dingleberries that love to pay for something that everyone else uses a foss alternative for.

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago

Lol I love the unfiltered shade

[–] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Some places are inextricably tied to SimuLink due to how long it was around before any of the alternatives.