Objective-C Enters Top Ten In Language Popularity

bonch writes "Objective-C has entered the top 10 of the Tiobe Programming Community Index. Last year, it was at #39. The huge jump is attributed to its use in iPhone and iPad development. C, of which Objective-C is a strict superset, has reclaimed the #1 spot from Java, which slides to #2. Tiobe also explains how it determines its rankings."

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Tiobe also explains how it determines it rankings

[Colin Smith]

Don't they just google it like the rest of us?

 

Re:Where are the C development jobs?

[ClosedSource]

Unfortunately the number of projects that require people who can program right down to the metal has also been dropping each year.

Objective-C jumped up on the basis

[ClosedSource]

of all the posts on Slashdot saying how much it sucks.

Most popular language isn't C

[AdmiralXyz]

If Tiobe's website is to be believed, the #1 programming language right now is Whitespace.

Re:Where are the C development jobs?

[Chris Burke]

Where are the C development jobs? I have strong C skills, but everything is Java/C++/PHP/Ruby/worse.

Worse? Fortran? Cobol? Ada?

Dare I say, Intercal?

Brainfuck?!

Re:Tiobe also explains how it determines it rankin

[chargersfan420]

Agreed. My first thought was, "Yay, I'm not the only idiot out there programming with VB!", but after reading that, it's more like, "Yay, I'm not the only idiot out there having problems coding with VB!"

Re:Where are the C development jobs?

[Locke2005]

Visual Cobol.