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  • T ToddHileHoffer

    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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    deltalmg
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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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    • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

      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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      Lost User
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      Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:

      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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      • T ToddHileHoffer

        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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        I don't know about all that other... stuff, but I really liked their colorful graph! So easy to follow. It must be true!

        ____________________________________________________________________________ "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space." -- Douglas Adams -- Shohom67

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        • T ToddHileHoffer

          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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          MrPlankton
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          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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          • T ToddHileHoffer

            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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            jschell
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            At a minimum it is a better measure than someone claiming that their language of choice is the most popular because they themselves have used it at X companies.

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            • T ToddHileHoffer

              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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              ChrisNic
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              How can I trust any list that doesn't have Fortran somewhere there

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              • C ChrisNic

                How can I trust any list that doesn't have Fortran somewhere there

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                jschell
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                ChrisNic wrote:

                How can I trust any list that doesn't have Fortran somewhere there

                It is there, just not on the chart.

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                • M Member 96

                  It means nothing, these things always mean nothing.


                  More people died from worry than ever bled to death. - RAH

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                  AlexCode
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                  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.

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