After a year-and-a-half in second place, behind the C language, Java surged back into first place in this month's Tiobe language popularity index. Topping the Tiobe Index again is being attributed to Java's usage in Android application development.
"Android's ongoing success is probably the major reason for Java's revival," a report accompanying the index said. "The Java language has been in slow decline for many years now, mainly due to its waning footprint in the enterprise server back end market. Since October last year, the increasing demand on Java Android programming has exceeded this decline, thus pushing Java more than 3 percent during this period."
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