The 2026 programming language popularity index shows Python, Java, and JavaScript maintaining their top three positions, with roughly 30% of languages retaining their rankings from the previous year.

Overview: Python leads popularity indexes thanks to its widespread use in AI, machine learning, data science, and ...

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OpenAI reports an 87.4% pass rate for GPT-6 Astra across 20 programming languages, while GPT-6.1 Sol achieves 97.9% accuracy ...

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OpenAI reports gains in both a 20-language coding benchmark and tests of COBOL migration, while noting that production ...

OpenAI said on October 19, 2026 that its latest models are much better at writing and migrating code in low-resource languages such as COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic. In OpenAI's own MultiLangBench ...

OpenAI reports 87.4% average pass rate on MultiLangBench across 20 languages and 97.9% COBOL migration accuracy for GPT-6.1 ...

OpenAI announced significant performance improvements in its models for programming languages with relatively little code and ...

The company’s models are now better at working with COBOL and other old languages.

On October 19, 2026, an announcement posted by OpenAI on X caught my eye. It stated that the latest AI models are now capable of executing software development and migration for older programming ...

OpenAI has enhanced its models to work with legacy programming languages like COBOL and Fortran. The AI assists companies in modernising critical software systems, which often lack documentation.