Position Oct 2009 | Position Oct 2008 | Delta in Position | Programming Language | Ratings Oct 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  | Java | 18.718% |
| 2 | 2 | | C | 16.891% |
| 3 | 5 |  | PHP | 10.390% |
| 4 | 3 |  | C++ | 9.911% |
| 5 | 4 | | (Visual) Basic | 8.729% |
| 6 | 8 | | C# | 4.433% |
| 7 | 6 | | Python | 3.914% |
| 8 | 7 | | Perl | 3.776% |
| 9 | 11 | | JavaScript | 3.033% |
| 10 | 10 | | Ruby | 2.458% |
| 11 | 9 | | Delphi | 2.140% |
| 12 | 13 | | PL/SQL | 1.020% |
| 13 | 49 | | Objective-C | 0.902% |
| 14 | 14 | | SAS | 0.805% |
| 15 | 16 | | Pascal | 0.669% |
| 16 | 20 | | ABAP | 0.661% |
| 17 | 19 | | Lisp/Scheme | 0.605% |
| 18 | 22 | | MATLAB | 0.577% |
| 19 | 12 | | D | 0.570% |
| 20 | 15 | | Lua | 0.527% |
The long term trends for the top 10 programming languages can be found in the line diagram below.
+ Some traditional languages as Java, C is down (not too much). These languages will not die (at least in 10 years later) because of the need to develop/maintain enterprise application/ embedded systems.
+ Scripting languages like Ruby, Python are trends at this time.
+ PHP still keeps its position. There are many open source from PHP community with great features. It can offer the cheapest solutions to develop application for small/medium organizations.
+ Objective C is still new but a hot trend because of the need to develop applications on Mac and iPhone.
