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159 Is Perl the World's 10th Most Popular Programming Language?

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 09/13/2025 23:34 EDT

Is Perl the World's 10th Most Popular Programming Language?

TIOBE attempts to calculate programming language popularity using the number of skilled engineers, courses, and third-party vendors.
And the eight most popular languages in September's rankings haven't changed since last month:

1. Python
2. C++
3. C
4. Java
5. C#
6. JavaScript
7. Visual Basic
8. Go



But by TIOBE's ranking, Perl is still the #10 most-popular programming in September (dropping from #9 in August). "One year ago Perl was at position 27 and now it suddenly pops up at position 10 again," m

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