Re: [BangPypers] Python grows in 2007

2008-01-03 Thread O.R.Senthil Kumaran
* Indrajith K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-03 19:44:39]: > > So, in case Python rating drops in the future, I don't mind. Its the > best programming language I have come across. > +1 for QOTW. I agree and that should be our stance. :-) -- O.R.Senthil Kumaran http://uthcode.sarovar.org ___

Re: [BangPypers] Python grows in 2007

2008-01-03 Thread Dorai Thodla
Sridhar, Thanks. Some wonderful resources. Dorai On Jan 3, 2008 8:17 PM, Sridhar Ratnakumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 3, 2008 7:53 PM, Dorai Thodla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a great discussion. We can look at some factors and trends: > > > > 1. Adoption of Python in leadin

Re: [BangPypers] Python grows in 2007

2008-01-03 Thread Sridhar Ratnakumar
On Jan 3, 2008 7:53 PM, Dorai Thodla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a great discussion. We can look at some factors and trends: > > 1. Adoption of Python in leading influencers in marketplace (Third most used > language in Google, IronPython on the rise in Microsoft, Python efforts at > Sun e

Re: [BangPypers] Python grows in 2007

2008-01-03 Thread Dorai Thodla
This is a great discussion. We can look at some factors and trends: 1. Adoption of Python in leading influencers in marketplace (Third most used language in Google, IronPython on the rise in Microsoft, Python efforts at Sun etc.) 2. Typical sponsors, attendees of Python conferences like PyCon 3. T

Re: [BangPypers] Python grows in 2007

2008-01-03 Thread Indrajith K
Its nice to see Python moving up the ladder. But it has to be seen how to interpret this statistics. The word "popular" if I could make out is rated by its presence in the internet. The web site clearly mentions "Observe that the TIOBE index is not about the best programming language or the languag

Re: [BangPypers] Python grows in 2007

2008-01-03 Thread Dorai Thodla
Anand, I have been tracking TIOBE for a while and have a couple of blogs on it. They do explain their methodology here: http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm Dorai www.thodla.com P.S: http://dorai.wordpress.com/?s=%22programming+language+trends%22 On Jan 3, 2008 6:56 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai <[EM

Re: [BangPypers] Python grows in 2007

2008-01-03 Thread Ramdas S
I notice that Javascript is a non mover. Surprising, there is no dearth of new ajax apps, launched shipping and being announced every day. On Jan 3, 2008 6:56 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few more observations... > > o The language "D" is slowly on its way up. >

Re: [BangPypers] Python grows in 2007

2008-01-03 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
A few more observations... o The language "D" is slowly on its way up. o Lua has the fastest growth from posn 46 to posn 20! o Contrary to popular jokes, COBOL is still alive and in fact growing :D This validates my theory that the very high level language trio of Python, Ruby,PHP and its associa

[BangPypers] Python grows in 2007

2008-01-03 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
The TIOBE programming languages community index {http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm} shows that Python has gone a step higher in Dec 07 when compared to Dec 06. Python was at position 7 in 06 and now it is at position 6. Ruby has jumped two notches from position 11 to position 9. Other interesting tre