By Erik van Klinken
Publication Date: 2026-02-11 10:15:00
The development of AI creates several winners and losers among programming languages. The best-known languages in datasets regularly produce better, more consistent AI-generated code. This is one of several explanations for Java’s continued growth. This is despite issues surrounding Oracle’s revenue model for the programming language, which appears to be driving the popularity of Java-compatible alternatives.
Python was ahead of other programming languages: as the most popular language before the AI hype, it remained at a high level. Java specialist Azul acknowledges Python’s central role in the AI field, but also sees that Java has maintained its place just as well. According to Azul, while AI research and prototyping is done using Python, Java is responsible for the AI-driven services in production. The researchers believe that this choice is due to performance, security and reliability requirements.
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