Unlike Sun with Java, Microsoft submitted C# and the .NET VM for standardization to ECMA and saw those standards graduated all the way to ISO strong patent commitments.

Java showed a dramatic decline of -3.92% on TIOBE’s system. While the programming language still sits at number four, Jansen notes that C# has never been this close to catching up to Java.

"The gap between C# and Java never has been so small," says the latest edition of the TIOBE Index of programming language popularity. "Currently, the difference is only 1.2 percent, and if the trends ...

Regardless of Microsoft’s original motivations, C# has evolved to become a really good language. But it definitely remains very similar to Java, on which its design is based.

News C Leads, Java Slips, C++, C# and R Climbing Fast in TIOBE Rankings By John K. Waters September 8, 2020 The results of the September TIOBE Programming Community index are in, and the C language ...