When a development project demands functional programming, there are many options available to the development team, from purely functional languages to multi-paradigm languages like C# and F#.

Keep an eye on Dart and TypeScript in 2024, TIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen suggests. TIOBE Software has declared C# the programming language of 2023 based on its long-running popularity index.

Microsoft has released a seventh preview of its forthcoming .NET 9 software development platform, with enhancements to C# for API authors. The .NET runtime, SDK, and other areas also are improved.