C++ is currently the fastest growing programming language in Tiobe's popularity index and it's probably due to the arrival of C++20.

Google's Go is the programming language of the year, according to the long-running Tiobe Index, a search-based ranking that gauges the popularity of top and emerging languages among developers.

Almost 60 percent of institutions surveyed reported using Java as an introductory language. C++ trailed it, with nearly 10 percent of institutions using it.