[–] layer8 6mo ago ↗ > C# earned this distinction by achieving the largest year-over-year increase in ranking.And C is in second place in terms of year-over-year increase (besides also being second place in absolute ranking, after Python). Go figure.
[–] andsoitis 6mo ago ↗ C# has a ton going for it:- modern, cohesive language (strong static typing, functional features, first-class async/await, value types, spans, stackalloc)- pragmatic, not ideological- great runtime (.NET CLR) that is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux)- can do native compilation- one of the best developer experience (IDE, compiler, profiling)- excellent for many domains (cloud/backend, desktop, mobile, game dev, data & ML, systems adjacent)- language scales well with teams and code base size- great performance / safety balance- native interop
[–] btschaegg 6mo ago ↗ > I always assumed Java would eventually prevailI can understand that from an ecosystem perspective (at least to a degree), but based on language merits alone? Hard nope.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 21.1 ms ] threadAnd C is in second place in terms of year-over-year increase (besides also being second place in absolute ranking, after Python). Go figure.
- modern, cohesive language (strong static typing, functional features, first-class async/await, value types, spans, stackalloc)
- pragmatic, not ideological
- great runtime (.NET CLR) that is cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux)
- can do native compilation
- one of the best developer experience (IDE, compiler, profiling)
- excellent for many domains (cloud/backend, desktop, mobile, game dev, data & ML, systems adjacent)
- language scales well with teams and code base size
- great performance / safety balance
- native interop
I can understand that from an ecosystem perspective (at least to a degree), but based on language merits alone? Hard nope.