September 2024 Programming Language Ranking | C language drops out of the top three, lowest in history, Python hits new high

The programming language rankings for September 2024 by TIOBE have been released, with the official title being: Programming language C has fallen to its lowest position ever.

The C language, known as the “mother of programming languages,” has dropped one place in this month’s TIOBE index and currently ranks fourth, the lowest ranking since the index began in 2001.

Is C gradually losing its influence? As a small yet sophisticated programming language, C has long been favored in embedded systems due to its ability to generate highly efficient code. However, one of the biggest shortcomings of C is its lack of scalability. Due to the absence of object-oriented features, writing and maintaining large C programs is often difficult. Nowadays, with the enhancement of embedded system functionality, the code size is also increasing. More and more embedded compilers provide good support for C++, and many developers are starting to shift from C to C++and Rust.