https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2017/02/01/the-net-language-strategy/
…this year’s Stack Overflow developer survey shows C# as one of the most popular programming languages, surpassed only by Java and of course JavaScript…
C# is also one of the few big mainstream languages to figure on the most loved top 10 in the StackOverflow survey, joining Python as the only two programming languages occurring on both top 10s.
We will keep growing C# to meet the evolving needs of developers and remain a state of the art programming language. We will innovate aggressively, while being very careful to stay within the spirit of the language. Given the diversity of the developer base, we will prefer language and performance improvements that benefit all or most developers, avoiding over-focusing on a given segment. We will continue to empower the broader ecosystem and grow its role in C#’s future, while maintaining strong stewardship of design decisions to ensure continued coherence.
Blaise Alicki 