C++ ranks higher than Java in the Tiobe language popularity index for the first time ever, dating back to 2001.“Performance is still very important nowadays and C++ is the fastest large system programming language out there,” said Paul Jansen, CEO at software quality services provider Tiobe.Ratings are based on the number of engineers worldwide, courses, and third-party vendors pertinent to each language.The top 10 languages in the Tiobe index for December 2022:- Python, with a rating of 16.66%- C, 16.56%- C++, 11.94%- Java, 11.82%- C#, 4.92%- Visual Basic, 3.94%- JavaScript, 3.19%- SQL, 2.22%- Assembly, 1.87%- PHP, 1.62%Java still leads C++ in the alternative Pypl Popularity of Programming Language Index, which ranks languages based on how often language tutorials are searched in Google.The top 10 languages in the Pypl index for December 2022:- Python, with a 28.34% share- Java, 16.93%- JavaScript, 9.28%- C#, 6.89%- C/C++, 6.64%- PHP, 5.19%- R, 3.98%- TypeScript, 2.79%- Swift, 2.23%- Objective-C, 2.22%"