Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

The 2015 Top Ten Programming Languages Java and C are in a dead heat for first place, the data-analysis language R is rising in popularity, and newcomers like Apple's Swift and Nvidia's Cuda are making waves. These are some of the results from the 2015 edition of IEEE Spectrum's Top Programming Languages interactive app. Get unlimited access to this app—newly updated with rankings of almost 50 languages, using 12 metrics from 10 data sources—for US $0.99. See what languages are emerging or in demand by employers, filter by type, or customize the rankings to suit your own needs.

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