10 Most Popular Programming Languages
By siliconindia   |   Monday, 20 February 2012, 22:12 IST   |    16 Comments
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7. (Visual) Basic

What is it?

This is an event-driven programming language which is implemented on Microsoft’s .Net framework.

Why is it important?

This language ranked as the seventh most popular language on TIOBE’s list, probably because it was designed by Microsoft to be easy to learn and use. According to Tim Huckaby, CEO of San Diego-based software engineering company CEO Interknowlogy.com, “It is currently dominating in adoption and that is where all the work is,” as in eWEEK’s report.