Java may still be getting bad press when it comes to (mostly consumer) security, but it continues to be the world's most popular software development language.

We aggregated data from nine rankings to produce the ZDNET Index of Programming Language Popularity. Here's which languages came out on top and what to make of this information.

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2. The Corporate Dimension The big technology companies have each largely aligned themselves with different languages stacks. Oracle and IBM are aligned with Java (Oracle actually owns Java).

In its 20 years, Java is used for building everything from mobile phone apps to video games to enterprise IT applications. The language is designed to run across multiple software platforms.