most popular and widely-used programming languages. C++ Conceived as an extension to C, C++ introduced object-oriented features, as well as other conveniences like references, operator overloading, and default arguments. Like C, C++’s generality allowed it to be used in a wide range of areas. While its C++’s core area of application is in systems programming (because of C++’s ability to grant access to low-level architecture), it has been used extensively to build desktop applications, video games, databases, financial systems, and much more. Major software and finance companies, such as Microsoft, Apple, Bloomberg, and Morgan Stanley, still widely use C++ in their internal and external applications. Python Python was conceived as a language that emphasized code readability and extensibility. The former allowed non-software engineers to easily learn and write computer programs, while the latter allowed domain specialists to easily create libraries suited to their own use cases. For these reasons, Python has been used across a wide range of domains. Below are some of the areas where Python is used: Web Development: Frameworks like Django and Flask have allowed web developers to create robust web servers that can also take advantage of the wider Python ecosystem. Science and Academia: Scientific and data libraries, like SciPy and Pandas, have enabled Python’s use in scientific research. Machine Learning: Libraries like scikit-learn and Tensorflow have increased the accessibility of machine learning to developers. General Software Development: Developing user applications, web scraping programs, games, and other general software. List The following are some general-purpose programming languages: C C++ C# Clojure Crystal D Dart Delphi Elixir Erlang F# Go Harbour Haskell Java JavaScript Julia Kotlin Lua Modula-2 Oberon Objective-C OCaml Perl PHP Pike PL/I Python Racket Ruby Rust Scala Swift Tcl Visual Basic Visual Basic .NET Zig Notes See also General-purpose markup language General-purpose modeling language Programming languages