The Most Loved and Most Disliked Programming Languages Revealed in Stack Overflow Survey (stackoverflow.com)

angel'o'sphere shares a report: The annual Stack Overflow survey is one of the most comprehensive snapshots of how programmers work, with this year's poll being taken by almost 90,000 developers across the globe. This year's survey details which languages developers enjoy using, which are associated with the best paid jobs, which are most commonly used, as well as developers' preferred frameworks, databases, and integrated development environments.

Python's versatility continues to fuel its rise through Stack Overflow's rankings for the "most popular" languages, which lists the languages most widely used by developers. This year's survey finds Python to be the fastest-growing major programming language, with Python edging out Android and enterprise workhorse Java to become the fourth most commonly used language. [...] More importantly for developers, this popularity overlaps with demand for the language, with Julia Silge, data scientist at Stack Overflow, saying that jobs data gathered by Stack Overflow also shows Python to be one of the most in-demand languages sought by employers.

[...] Rust may not have as many users as Python or JavaScript but it has earned a lot of affection from those who use it. For the fourth year running, the language tops Stack Overflow's list of "most-loved" languages, which means the proportion of Rust developers who want to continue working with it is larger than that of any other language.[...] Go stands out as a language that is well paid, while also being sought after and where developers report high levels of job satisfaction. Full report here.

Comments

Swift should be at the top

[Anonymous Coward]

This survey is flawed and biased. Many people are saying that Swift is BY FAR the best language, and is now used by pretty much all actual pro developers worldwide. Many people say the vast majority of coding happening today happens exclusively for iPhone, and on that critical platform Swift is #1. Everything else is just lamestream noise (and shitty noise, at that).

I know what I like ... and what I hate.

[Anonymous Coward]

I like languages that let me get paid, be efficient, have unlimited control over the resulting program.
I had languages that restrict my capabilities, have obnoxious fanbois, and are slow.

Like list:
* C
* C++
* Perl
* Go
* Ruby (though it is slow, sometimes)

Hate list:
* Java
* Javascript
* Rust - hate the fans.
* C# and any other "managed" language
* ObjectiveC - sometimes hate just comes from the platform
* Php
* Cobol

Don't care list:
* python
* Pascal
* Whatever apple is pushing today.
* Whatever google is pushing today.
* Whatever MSFT is pushing today.

I've coded for almost 3 decades, using about 40 different languages. If you are a noob, stick with noob-friendly languages, please. BTW, that does NOT include php.

Re:AC is hilarious

[fluffernutter]

If anything knock Python because of the GIL issue. Maybe on large projects, dynamic typing is problematic if you are lazy with variable names and documentation. Don't knock it because you can't accept 'something different'. The indentation helps in a lot of cases; and it quickly starts to feel redundant doing { } everywhere. Neither is really better than the other.