In April and May, Fortran was listed among the top ten of the TIOBE Programming Community Index, which prompted a problem from the TIOBE area. Why is this software language, created in 1957, common again in 2024? Otherwise, there has n’t been much movement in the top 10 rankings compared to last month.
Based on search engine usage, the TIOBE Programming Community Index displays changes in programming language.
Why Fortran is again in TIOBE’s leading 10
Paul Jansen, the CEO of TIOBE Software, noted that Fortran is once more a popular choice.
Second, Fortran is particularly good at quantitative research and mathematical mathematics. According to Jansen, attention in artificial intelligence is growing, and so is the demand for scientific and quantitative processing.
” All those concepts need to be calculated”, Jansen said.
In terms of quantitative and scientific computing, Fortran has some benefits over other programming languages. Jansen wrote in the May update of the index:” Python: choice number one, but slow, MATLAB: quite easy to use for scientific computation but it comes with cheap licenses, C/C++: mainstream and quickly, but they have no local mathematical computation support, R: very similar to Python, but less common and sluggish, Julia: the rising new kid on the block, but no mature yet”. Thus, Fortran is a relatively inexpensive, strong and flexible choice.
Next, Fortran is regaining recognition in the area of image control, such as that used in entertainment and health imaging, he said.
The ISO Fortran 2023 description description was released in November 2023, and Fortran is still being updated.
The ancient speech is “fast, having local mathematical calculations support, intelligent, and free of charge”, Jansen said.
Other TIOBE Index adjustments made in May
Elsewhere in the TIOBE top 10, Python, C and C++ comfortably keep their spots in the top three. Last month, Jansen predicted PHP’s popularity would fade, and he was right. PHP sat at 1.09 % popularity in April and 0.97 % in May, continuing its downward trend. Over the past year, PHP dropped from eighth to sixteenth place.
