Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-06 Thread Carl Banks
On Dec 5, 4:18 pm, George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 5, 7:34 am, BlueBird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 4, 4:08 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > This is *not* an attempt to start yet another Python-versus- > > > AnyOtherProgrammingLanguage flame war, but I thought peop

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-05 Thread George Sakkis
On Dec 5, 7:34 am, BlueBird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 4, 4:08 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > This is *not* an attempt to start yet another Python-versus- > > AnyOtherProgrammingLanguage flame war, but I thought people might be > > interested in this: > > >http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-05 Thread BlueBird
On Dec 4, 4:08 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is *not* an attempt to start yet another Python-versus- > AnyOtherProgrammingLanguage flame war, but I thought people might be > interested in this: > > http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm > > Marc I find Ohloh comparisons also useful: http://www.ohloh.

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread Deltantor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is *not* an attempt to start yet another Python-versus- > AnyOtherProgrammingLanguage flame war, but I thought people might be > interested in this: > > http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm > > Marc Real programmers use brainfuck. Kidding of course, I believe someone sho

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread Carl Banks
On Dec 4, 10:24 am, George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cool (assuming these numbers actually mean something), but this has > more to do with Perl's fall than Python's > increase:http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/Perl.html. I'd say that's even better news. > Even more amazing is the rate C

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread Roy Smith
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Daniel Fetchinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone has an idea what the huge peak around the middle of 2004 can be > attributed to? There's a Q/A section at the bottom of http://www.tiobe.com/index.htm?tiobe_index which covers this: Q: What happened to Java

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
On 12/4/07, Daniel Fetchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well we Python folks are spoiled but for most people C++ counts as a > > > high level language > > > > Well, some parts are high-level, but it's full of very > > deep elevator shafts for you to accidentally fall > > into... > > > > A tr

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread Daniel Fetchinson
> > Well we Python folks are spoiled but for most people C++ counts as a > > high level language > > Well, some parts are high-level, but it's full of very > deep elevator shafts for you to accidentally fall > into... > > A truly high-level language also *doesn't* have low > level parts (or at leas

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread greg
George Sakkis wrote: > Well we Python folks are spoiled but for most people C++ counts as a > high level language Well, some parts are high-level, but it's full of very deep elevator shafts for you to accidentally fall into... A truly high-level language also *doesn't* have low level parts (or at

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread Lou Pecora
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 4, 10:08 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This is *not* an attempt to start yet another Python-versus- > > AnyOtherProgrammingLanguage flame war, but I thought people might be > > interested in this: > > > > http:/

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread Lou Pecora
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm But dreaded Ruby is coming up fast. Run Away! Run Away! HAHAHAHAHAHA. -- -- Lou Pecora -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread Paul Rudin
George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Dec 4, 11:07 am, Paul Rudin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Even more amazing is the rate C++ is losing ground: >> >http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/C__.html >> >> I don't really find surprising that low le

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread George Sakkis
On Dec 4, 11:07 am, Paul Rudin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Even more amazing is the rate C++ is losing ground: > >http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/C__.html > > I don't really find surprising that low level languages lose ground at > the expense of high

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread Paul Rudin
George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Even more amazing is the rate C++ is losing ground: > http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/C__.html I don't really find surprising that low level languages lose ground at the expense of higher level ones. The developer-time/run-time trade-off tends to move

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread Duncan Booth
George Sakkis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Even more amazing is the rate C++ is losing ground: > http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/C__.html Given that the ratings are relative it may simply indicate that C++ is standing still while the others run ahead. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread George Sakkis
On Dec 4, 10:08 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is *not* an attempt to start yet another Python-versus- > AnyOtherProgrammingLanguage flame war, but I thought people might be > interested in this: > > http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm > > Marc Cool (assuming these numbers actually mean something),

Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

2007-12-04 Thread marcpenninga
This is *not* an attempt to start yet another Python-versus- AnyOtherProgrammingLanguage flame war, but I thought people might be interested in this: http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm Marc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list