If Python does overtake Java, it would mark the first time since Tiobe began its programming language popularity index in 2001 that Java would be outside the top two spots.

Programming language Python is now firmly the second most popular programming language, for the first time knocking Java out of the top two places in RedMonk's language popularity rankings.

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It also has been growing in popularity in other studies, including the March Stack Overflow Developer Survey. Now it tops the IEEE Spectrum "The 2017 Top Programming Languages" ranking, which differs ...