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Programming Languages: Why This Old Favorite Is On The Rise Again

ZDNet, January 6th, 2023

A long-standing coding choice has seen an unexpected rise in popularity, according to one tracker of programming languages.

Software-testing firm Tiobe, which maintains a monthly tracker of the popularity of the vast array of programming languages available to software developers, has picked C++ as its programming language of 2022.

Despite it being placed third in Tiobe's January 2023 index, the popularity of C++ rose faster than all other languages last year, up by 4.26% compared with January 2022, the company said.

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