Popularity of programming languages
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nothing really. One can easily use many languages when developing. C#/JavaScript is a combo that is often on found for web development, SQL is there also if there's any database connectivity of sorts, then there's XML (it is a language, eXtensible Markup Language;p) So for a single web app, 4 languages have been used, albeit the brunt of the work was conducted by C#. And there's the glue languages paradigm where you use such languages as Perl, Python and Lua (awesome stuff). And there's the maintaining of old code that is conducted with the same language that wrote it. So this [the statistic] pretty much means nothing.
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"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook
I love that quote! Cheers,
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Apparently it goes Java, C, Visual Basic, C++. Not sure what this means. http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm
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COBOL was once very popular (and is still 17 on their list). Java is the new COBOL. I've written in both Java and COBOL. Neither are my first choice, but I've noticed that the computer doesn't much care. I think it might mean that our understanding of computers and programming is limited and hopeful evolving. Of course it could also just be a BVMS (Big Vat of Meanless Statistics).
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Apparently it goes Java, C, Visual Basic, C++. Not sure what this means. http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm
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Yeah, meaningless. If I'm looking for C or C++ symantics for doing a while loop I'll type C in my search bar because I'm lazy, but I actually want C++. The numbers would be vastly different between: 1) search hits 2) active development 3) number of lines of code in existence The bottom line is use the language that makes sense for your project. If you have a small project and a bunch of experienced Java developers, why say lets use Ruby and take a spin up penality even if Ruby would be 10% better? It is a combination of the resources you already have, and the efficiency of the language, not one or the other.
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Xiangyang Liu wrote:
peterchen wrote: That's like judging the popularity of a girl by how many guys already have dated her.
This indicates the number of existing customers for a particular product or sevice.
Xiangyang Liu wrote:
guys want to date her
This may stand to indicate the waiting list of customers. So do you feel the latter is a good benchmark to ascertain the popularity of the girl?:-D
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So do you feel the latter is a good benchmark to ascertain the popularity of the girl?
Is this MY DAUGHTER or someone elses?:mad:
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Apparently it goes Java, C, Visual Basic, C++. Not sure what this means. http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm
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I don't know about all that other... stuff, but I really liked their colorful graph! So easy to follow. It must be true!
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Apparently it goes Java, C, Visual Basic, C++. Not sure what this means. http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
I have a crescent wrench in my tool chest. I use it for everything. Sometimes I strip bolts with it since it only has 2 contact sides. Sometimes I use it like a hammer. I have other tools in my tool chest that may be better for the task, but some times I am too lazy to go over and use them even if it does save me some time and less stuff broken. To me the crescent wrench is a popular tool, but some how I suspect it's popularity is not a sign of it's ubiquitousness but of my incompetence.
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Apparently it goes Java, C, Visual Basic, C++. Not sure what this means. http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
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Apparently it goes Java, C, Visual Basic, C++. Not sure what this means. http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm
I didn't get any requirements for the signature
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It means nothing, these things always mean nothing.
More people died from worry than ever bled to death. - RAH
I was about to say exactly the same but I thought that for sure I was going to repeat someone... I found the proof right on the 1st click :laugh: Just to add... we cannot choose a language for a project from a rankings list based on whatever. To follow the latest hype is always a step further into frustration.