Study: Java still top programming language
Java has its detractors, but according to a recent reading of the Tiobe Programming Community Index, it's still the dominant programming language, with little change in its overall popularity since August 2007. Runners up? C, (Visual) Basic, C++, and PHP.
That's the short-term view of the past year. Looking at the longer-term view, however, Java, C, and other "traditional" languages appear to be on the decline while PHP and its ilk are on the rise:

Tiobe Programming Community Index, August 2008
(Credit: Tiobe)Data from O'Reilly book sales suggests a similar decline for Java and other traditional programming languages over time. Cause for alarm? Not really. It's just a matter of the web assuming a more vital importance to programming, a trend that will continue to grow. It will, however, take a very long time to make your Java or C skills irrelevant.
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I am surprised at how low C# is. Other studies I read had it being a solid number 2. Also, with the popularity of the iPhone will Objective C make a run?
I am surprised at how low C# is. Other studies I read had it being a solid number 2. Also, with the popularity of the iPhone will Objective C make a run?
java is #1 because it is very easy to learn and available for all the major platforms
i wonder where JSF ranks in terms of web frameworks
Curious that the author describes interpreted languages as ilk but not VB...
C is still the grandfather of all of these.
Here is a post I did about this in July.