Every programming language comes with a learning curve, but Java shares many similarities with C, C++ and JavaScript. Anyone with experience in any of those languages will pick up Java syntax quickly.

The Java programming language emerged roughly 25 years ago, when Smalltalk and C++ dominated. Back then it was easy to argue that the world didn't need another object-oriented programming language.

Python stays far ahead after another dip; C holds second, Java retakes third from C++, and R rises to eighth as SQL slips, with Delphi steady in tenth. May’s TIOBE Index has one of those charts that ...