Programming Languages Ranked
Programming Languages Ranked is a structured technology dataset with 25 entries. Its fields include Language, Year Created, Creator. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 25 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Not provided
- Data updated
- Not provided
Included fields: Language, Year Created, Creator, Paradigm, Popularity Index, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Year Created span
- 1957 to 2015
- Across 25 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Language, Year Created, and Creator across technology entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 25 downloadable records
Language↕ | Year Created↕ | Creator↕ | Paradigm↕ | Popularity Index↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Python | 1991 | Guido van Rossum | Multi-paradigm | 1 | AI/ML, data science, beginner-friendly syntax |
C | 1972 | Dennis Ritchie | Procedural | 2 | Operating systems, embedded systems, foundational language |
C++ | 1985 | Bjarne Stroustrup | Multi-paradigm | 3 | Game engines, system software, high performance |
Java | 1995 | James Gosling | Object-oriented | 4 | Enterprise apps, Android development, write once run anywhere |
C# | 2000 | Microsoft (Anders Hejlsberg) | Object-oriented | 5 | Windows apps, Unity game engine, .NET ecosystem |
JavaScript | 1995 | Brendan Eich | Multi-paradigm | 6 | Web development, runs in every browser |
Go | 2009 | Google (Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, Ken Thompson) | Concurrent, procedural | 7 | Cloud infrastructure, microservices, simplicity |
Visual Basic | 1991 | Microsoft | Object-oriented | 8 | Rapid application development, Excel macros |
SQL | 1974 | IBM (Donald Chamberlin, Raymond Boyce) | Declarative | 9 | Database querying, universal data language |
Fortran | 1957 | IBM (John Backus) | Procedural | 10 | Scientific computing, oldest high-level language |
Delphi/Object Pascal | 1995 | Borland (Anders Hejlsberg) | Object-oriented | 11 | RAD, Windows desktop applications |
MATLAB | 1984 | Cleve Moler | Multi-paradigm | 12 | Engineering, numerical computing, matrix operations |
PHP | 1995 | Rasmus Lerdorf | Multi-paradigm | 13 | Web backends, WordPress, powers 77% of websites |
Rust | 2015 | Mozilla (Graydon Hoare) | Multi-paradigm | 14 | Memory safety without garbage collection, systems programming |
R | 1993 | Ross Ihaka, Robert Gentleman | Functional, procedural | 15 | Statistical computing, data visualization, bioinformatics |
Ruby | 1995 | Yukihiro Matsumoto | Object-oriented | 16 | Rails framework, developer happiness, startups |
Swift | 2014 | Apple (Chris Lattner) | Multi-paradigm | 17 | iOS/macOS app development, safety-focused design |
Kotlin | 2011 | JetBrains | Multi-paradigm | 18 | Android development, Java interoperability |
TypeScript | 2012 | Microsoft (Anders Hejlsberg) | Multi-paradigm | 19 | Type-safe JavaScript, large-scale web apps |
COBOL | 1959 | Grace Hopper (committee) | Procedural | 20 | Banking systems, legacy mainframes, still processes 95% of ATM transactions |
Scala | 2004 | Martin Odersky | Functional, object-oriented | 21 | Big data (Apache Spark), JVM language |
Perl | 1987 | Larry Wall | Multi-paradigm | 22 | Text processing, regex, early web CGI scripts |
Lua | 1993 | Roberto Ierusalimschy et al. | Multi-paradigm | 23 | Game scripting (Roblox, WoW), lightweight embeddable language |
Haskell | 1990 | Committee | Purely functional | 24 | Pure functional programming, strong type system, academic influence |
Dart | 2011 | Google (Lars Bak, Kasper Lund) | Object-oriented | 25 | Flutter framework, cross-platform mobile apps |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Programming Languages Ranked organized?
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This dataset contains 25 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
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