> It was a matter of time until Julia would hit the top 50. This month it
> did so. The Julia programming language is meant for numerical computing. It
> combines functional programming paradigms with high speed. In other words,
> readable and stable code that performs. Chances are high that Julia will
> gain even more popularity the next few months.
The TIOBE Programming Community index is an indicator
of the popularity of programming languages.
<http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/>
(thanks to Bill Hart for posting the link at nemo-dev)