Love It or Hate It, Java Continues to Evolve
It’s not clear what that is 5% of: the total number who took the survey (which would be 226 developers), those who had some regret (102) or those who put Java as their primary language (38). Although Red Hat’s takeover means there is a future for Java, there are undoubtedly warning signs for people that have been relying the language for some time.” Even after 24 years, Java continues to be either at the top or very close to the top of surveys that rank the popularity of programming languages (things like the TIOBE index and the RedMonk Programming Language Rankings).
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