As I’ve mentioned before the most popular page on this site is Fortran on a Mac, I’m not a big Fortran user but I do try to add snippets to the page when readers send them to me.
Looking at the TIOBE index of programming languages it is not surprising to see Python at the top of the list but rounding out the top 10 we have Fortran. It is easy to see the attraction it is fast, has native mathematical computation support, is stable and mature, can handle very large data sets, and free of charge. There is of course a learning curve.
| May-24 | May-23 | Language | Rating | Change |
| 1 | 1 | Python | 16.33% | 2.88% |
| 2 | 2 | C | 9.98% | -3.37% |
| 3 | 4 | C++ | 9.53% | -2.43% |
| 4 | 3 | Java | 8.69% | -3.53% |
| 5 | 5 | C# | 6.49% | -0.94% |
| 6 | 7 | JavaScript | 3.01% | 0.57% |
| 7 | 6 | Visual Basic | 2.01% | -1.83% |
| 8 | 12 | Go | 1.60% | 0.61% |
| 9 | 9 | SQL | 1.44% | -0.03% |
| 10 | 19 | Fortran | 1.24% | 0.46% |
It is important to note that the “rating” is a measure of popularity/demand not a measure of what is the best language for a particular task.