Stanford has decided to move away from Java in their intro courses. Surprisingly, they have decided to move to JavaScript. Philip Guo showed that most top CS departments are moving to Python. The Stanford Daily article linked below doesn’t address any other languages considered.
The SIGCSE-Members list recently polled all of their members to talk about what they’re currently teaching. The final spreadsheet of results is here. Python appears 60 times, C++ 54 times, Java 84 times, and JavaScript 28 times. I was surprised to see how common C++ is, and if Java is dying (or “showing its age,” as Eric Roberts is quoted below), it’s going out as the reigning champ.
