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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/07/ieee-spectrum-2017-top-programming-languages.html"> Revolutions</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
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<p>IEEE Spectrum has published its <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/07/r-moves-up-to-5th-place-in-ieee-language-rankings.html" target="_blank">fourth annual ranking</a> of of top programming languages, and the R language is again featured in the Top 10. This year R ranks at #6, down a spot from its <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/07/r-moves-up-to-5th-place-in-ieee-language-rankings.html" target="_blank">2016 ranking</a> (and with an IEEE score — <a rel="nofollow" href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/ns/IEEE_TPL_2017/methods.html" target="_blank">derived from</a> search, social media, and job listing trends — tied with the #5 place-getter, C#). Python has taken the #1 slot from C, jumping from its #3 ranking in 2016.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-the-top-programming-languages-2017" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="IEEE Spectrum 2017" title="IEEE Spectrum 2017" src="http://revolution-computing.typepad.com/.a/6a010534b1db25970b01b7c90de665970b-800wi"></a></p>
<p>For R (a domain specific language for data science) to rank in the top 10, and for Python (a general-purpose language with many data science applications) to take the top spot, may seem like a surprise. I attribute this to continued broad demand for machine intelligence application development, driven by the growth of &quot;big data&quot; initiatives and the strategic imperative to capitalize on these data stores by companies wordwide. Other data-oriented languages appear in the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/interactive-the-top-programming-languages-2017" target="_blank">Top 50</a> rankings, including Matlab (#15), SQL (#23), Julia (#31) and SAS (#37).</p>
<p>For the complete announcement of the 2017 IEEE Spectrum rankings, including additional commentary and analysis of changes, follow the link below.</p>
<p>IEEE Spectrum: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/the-2017-top-programming-languages" target="_blank">The 2017 Top Programming Languages</a></p>
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