I appreciate the concern at the possibility that "mindshare" is decreasing and would rather read of such than not in order to take that into consideration. So I appreciate your message. But I do wonder what a similar source would say about YAML. I imagine the chart would be relatively flat, yet obviously YAML has massive "mindshare."
--- “Mr. Rob” Muhlestein /^((Found|Teach|Hack)er|(Men|Jani)tor|C\w+O)$/ r...@robs.io • skilstak.io ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Sunday, January 26, 2020 5:51 PM, Liam <networkimp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Google Trends is commonly used to discern public interest in topics, > especially emerging ones. That's not equivalent to usage, but note my title: > "Go mindshare is..." > > For example, I've seen this chart of Python, Ruby, and Node.js posted > elsewhere. It seems to reflect interest accurately. > https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F05z1_,%2Fm%2F06ff5,%2Fm%2F0bbxf89 > > I didn't start this thread as an attack on Go; I think it's preferable to any > other environment, unless you need seamless C interop. > > The trend of public interest in Go is important, and it's barely rising. > > On Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 2:05:35 PM UTC-8, Rob Muhlestein wrote: > >> I've always considered Google Trends to be a dubious source of *actual* >> trending and usage. Maybe I'm missing something but isn't it just based on >> searches, not usage. >> >> Go is absolutely fine because it is a far better approach than Python for >> most things and people are realizing it, they might not be searching for it. >> >> One recent indicator was when Dropbox announced it's port to all Go code >> base (from Python) and the same week that Guido tweeted his retirement (from >> Dropbox). >> >> As more and more engineers and developers with insight share why and how >> more will reach the mainstream. Focusing on how "popular" the language is >> seems counter-productive to me >> >> --- >> “Mr. Rob” Muhlestein >> /^((Found|Teach|Hack)er|(Men|Jani)tor|C\w+O)$/ >> r...@robs.io • skilstak.io >> >> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ >> On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 5:18 PM, Liam <networ...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> My point is that Go should be rising, since Java & C# are falling. Python >>> has gained significant mindshare, and Go is way better. >>> >>> I think something's amiss with the public perception of Go, but it's hard >>> to say what. >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 12:34:54 PM UTC-8, Liam wrote: >>> >>>> Google Trends graph showing past 5y of Java, Python, C#, Node.js, Go >>>> >>>> https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&q=%2Fm%2F07sbkfb,%2Fm%2F05z1_,%2Fm%2F07657k,%2Fm%2F0bbxf89,%2Fm%2F09gbxjr > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/db097e36-86b2-42cb-8bc2-455e96831f6f%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/db097e36-86b2-42cb-8bc2-455e96831f6f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/anPe61Wi3-R_g-uL73sOkizTNJ8-yewTSBIvP9sLrC9b_WORYYtxI1QBfCEmv5HFU4sCu8sX2x4QriwW10VTuHORZbvpTlVreouyfSmPdX0%3D%40robs.io.
