TIOBE index vs. Computerphile

The TIOBE programming community index is a measure of popularityof programming languages. TIOBE stands for The Importance of BeingEarnest. The index is calculated from the number of search engineresults for queries containing the name of the language. The indexcovers searches in Google, Google Blogs, MSN, Yahoo!, Baidu,Wikipedia and You Tube.

Computerphile is a You Tube channel affiliated with theUniversity of Nottingham (United Kingdom)

Review the TIOBE index. Watch how people at the Universityof Nottingham answer the question: What's your FavouriteProgramming Language?

What is currently the highest ranked programming language onthe TIOBE index?

Instructions: Answer the questionsbelow

Between the TIOBE Index and Computerphile

1. What language or languages surprised you to belisted/named?
2. What language or languages had you not heard of before?
3. What language or languages might you like to learn, and why?Share something about the language(s) that interest you?
4. Oracle is offering paid support service for Java 8 until 2030,and for Java 11 until 2026. Java will be 25 years old next month.COBOL is 60 years old. What language do you think will be around in30 years (2050)?