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For the first time in 20 years, Python becomes the leader in programming languages, beating C and proclaiming itself the most popular today. These data come from TIOBE programming community index , a company specializing in software evaluation and measurement. Specifically, TIOBE measures the number of searches retrieved from the web and from search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo !, among others.

According to Genbeta reports, software such as Java, JavaScript, C or C ++ have positioned themselves as titans in the computer world over the past two decades, being used for programming and development of video games, applications or programs. Yet Python, the programming language whose origins date back to the 1980s, is today positioned as the most popular programming language among Internet users.

According to TIOBE, it’s not that Python gained popularity in October 2021. On the contrary, other programming languages ​​have received less research lately, an event from which Python has been exempted. The reason why this language, despite being over 30 years old, remains so current in the computer world is that it is quite user-friendly and easy to learn, read and write, so it is a great tool to start your business. programmer career.