TIOBE Programming Community Index for September 2005
The TIOBE Programming Community index gives an indication of the popularity of programming languages. It’s updated once a month. The ratings are based on the world-wide availability of skilled engineers, courses and third party vendors. The first 8 languages you can in the table below:
| Position | Programming Language | Ratings | (Ratings) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Java | 22.442% | +6.55% |
| 2 | C | 19.160% | +2.04% |
| 3 | C++ | 11.168% | -3.75% |
| 4 | Perl | 9.274% | +0.31% |
| 5 | PHP | 8.895% | +0.66% |
| 6 | (Visual) Basic | 6.509% | -5.14% |
| 7 | C# | 3.290% | +1.66% |
| 8 | Python | 3.032% | -2.57% |
As you can see Java is on the top! It is not bad reason to start use it 
You can find the whole top here.
Categories: Digital Life
Just a small observation: one shouldn’t learn the currently most popular programming language, but one which WILL be popular in the future. Learning takes time you know…
Probably, you are right but the life is very short and somethimes is better to get benefit benefit than wait when the your favourite language will be on the top IMHO
I will just be silent. Totaly speechless