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Updated · InfoWorld · Aug 10MATLAB Falls to 25th in Tiobe Index as Paid Licensing Weighs on Popularity
1 articles · Updated · InfoWorld · Aug 10Summary
- August’s Tiobe index placed MATLAB 25th, pushing it out of the top 20 for the first time in more than a decade.
- Tiobe CEO Paul Jansen said MATLAB is losing ground because developers must pay for licenses while most rival languages are free.
- Jansen also said MATLAB has evolved less than Python, C++, Rust and other mainstream languages, making it feel dated.
- The latest Tiobe top 10 was led by Python at 18.53%, followed by C at 11.10% and C++ at 8.62%, underscoring where developer interest is concentrating.
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As open-source giants conquer the tech world, is the era of paying for specialized programming languages finally over? Could a language's drop in internet popularity mask its unbreakable grip on critical engineering and academic systems? Will the relentless rise of free AI tools force legacy software empires to abandon their lucrative licensing models?