Python also ranked highly in Stack Overflow's 2017 developer survey, which found it was the fifth most popular language behind JavaScript, SQL, Java, and C#.

Tiobe analysts believe that within three to four years' time, Python will "probably replace C and Java" to become the most popular programming language in the world.

For the first time in the history of TIOBE's index, Java has slipped out of the top two, leaving Python to occupy the spot behind reigning champion, C.

A study conducted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) put Python at the top of the list of favorite languages among such contenders as Java, JavaScript, C++, and Go.

For the first time in two decades, Python beat Java to become the second-most popular programming language this month, according to the TIOBE Programming Community Index.

CHENNAI: CBSE school students soon need not study lengthy C++ or Java programmes. Instead, they will get an opportunity to learn Python, a short and easy programming language from next academic ...