The tiobe index lists Java and C in those spots.

webmaven · on Nov 12, 2020

> The tiobe index lists Java and C in those spots.

That list is ranking languages by current popularity, though, rather than 'importance'.

I'd define 'importance' as more along the lines of "amount of havoc created if all software written using that language were broken/deleted at once".

govg · on Nov 13, 2020

Wouldn't languages like COBOL rank pretty highly because a lot of legacy banking systems are written in that?

webmaven · on Nov 16, 2020

Yes, but frankly, C would still cause more havoc because even if the mainframes somehow continued to run, they would still be effectively inaccessible over any network.

fermigier · on Nov 12, 2020

Python is number 2 now, according to https://www.techrepublic.com/article/python-overtakes-java-t... :)

We should not give too much importance to this, but the fact is that Python is now ranked consistently #1, #2 or #3 in sufficiently many rankings to consider it seriously.

dkarlovi · on Nov 12, 2020

That's fair, I guess.