What’s the Best Programming Language to Learn in 2016?

It's the start of a new year so it's natural to start thinking about your future life and career choices. I've been analyzing 'best language' statistics for several years and we've seen reporting systems rise and fall. GitHut -- one of my favorites -- has not been updated since 2014. There are still a few around so let's look at the most recent data.

TIOBE Index, January 2016

TIOBE's latest report assesses the popularity of programming languages using the number of skilled engineers and search engine rankings. The results:

1. Java
2. C
3. C++
4. C#
5. Python
6. PHP

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by Craig Buckler via SitePoint