Python, the number one programming language in the TIOBE Programming Language Community Index in August, has further solidified its place at the top.

Python has cemented its place among the top three most popular programming languages, having seen the largest rise of any language in Tiobe's search engine based rankings.

For the fourth time in the last ten years, Tiobe has declared Python the overall winner of the year. The language is in a race with C++.

Python is the first programming language to climb to an 18% rating since Java, which rated 18% nearly eight years ago. Python has scored its highest rating ever, 18.04%, in Tiobe’s index of ...