Three Most Popular Programming Languages in The World: C, Java and Python.

November 3, 2020, TIOBE index released ranking board for November, 2020, which is showing that C stands on top one, followed by Python and Java in succession. For the last ten months in 2020, Python was always the third. But when it comes to November, Python surpasses Java and claims to be the second most popular programming language in the world.

As some guys on the internet saying, that Python becoming a hit is because the public is getting more and more serious about programming and Python is easy to learn.

Maybe it's time that programming ability is important for people. Then, if a person is about to learn programming, which program language should he start with? Just because Python is friendly for new programmer, it doesn't mean that everyone should start with it, right?

So today, this article will briefly introduce C, Java and Python, analyze their features, hoping to help you to make a good choice to start your programming study.

C

C is a very widely-used advanced programming design language. It is a procedure-oriented and designed to be simply compiled, handle low-level memory, produce a small amount of machine code and be able to run without support of any running environment.

Feature

1. Concise language.

2. Structed controlling statement.

3. Portability.

4. Powerful data processing ability.

5. Combination of assembly language and high-level programming language.

6. Abundant data type and operators.

7. Directly manipulate physical addresses.

Mainly applied in:

System software development, such as Windows, Linux, MacOS;

Application software development, such as Amazon Kindle.

Java

Feature

1. Simplicity.

Java is not compatible with master files so preprocessing is exempted; Java is capable of automatically handling quotation from objects to realize automatic useless unit collection so that users don't need to worry about space management.

2. Object-oriented.

In an object-oriented system, class is a set of data and methods those deal with data. Data together with methods describe status and actions of objects. Every object is encapsulation of object's status and actions. Class is organized by specific system and layer resulting in subclass' inheritance from superclass. There is a root class in this hierarchical system. This root class contains general action.

3. Dynamics.

Java is supposed to fit in mutative environment, for instance, classes in Java are loaded as needed, even some of them are capture through internet.

4. Security.

Java is usually used in internet environment, on account of which, Java offers a safety mechanism to defend itself from attack of evil code.

5. Multithreading.

Java supports multithreading working and serves synchronization mechanism between multi-threads. Every thread has run() method inside which are the methods this thread is going to run.

Mainly applied in:

Web application development, like Amazon;

Desktop application development, like Eclipse;

Distributed system and embedded system application, like self-driving vehicles.

Python

Python is a cross-platform computer program designing language. It's initially designed to compile automation script but now used to develop independent project more often thanks to continuously upgrade.

Feature:

1. Friendly to everyone.

2. Object-oriented.

Actually, Python supports both procedure-oriented and object-oriented coding.

3. Embeddability.

Python is available to embed in C/C++ program to offers script to users.

4. Scalability.

Python abounds in powerful class library which covers most application scene such as file I/O, GUI, internet programming and investigate database.

5. Portability.

Due to Python's open-source character, it's already been ported in many platforms which means a Python project could be run in other platforms without any change.

Mainly applied in:

Data mining, like web crawler;

Scientific calculating and counting, such as NLP, short for Natural Language Processing;

Artificial Intelligence, for example, Python has become the main language to develop deep learning.

Bottom Line

Different programming languages can be launched in varieties of applications. Find out what you like or what you need, and see which programming language meets your interest or needs, I guess that should be the one you should start with in your journey learning programming.