As a result, Google, Yahoo and Spotify are reaping the benefits. The infographic below outlines the history of programming languages in greater detail. This infographic originally appeared on Veracode ...

Most programmers typically know and use a number of different languages but usually have a bias towards a certain set based on a variety of personal, external, and historical factors.

History of C programming In the early days of computing, programmers used a variety of different programming languages to create software for different computer systems.

The crazy origin story of the C programming language, and how it became a success with the help of some incredibly slow computers.

US computer scientist Dennis Ritchie - one of the co-inventors of the Unix operating system and the C programming language - has died at 70 after a long illness.

Programming language C might be 48 years old, but it's still hugely relevant for developers today and, by one measure, still more popular than Python.

C++ is currently the fastest growing programming language in Tiobe's popularity index and it's probably due to the arrival of C++20.

The meatiest part of the infographic is the comparison of programming languages, which charts the creator of a particular language, its primary uses, and who uses the language.