Danno wrote:
> Xah Lee wrote:
>> This page gives a visual report of computer languages's popularity, as
>> indicated by their traffic level in newsgroups. This is not a
>> comprehensive or fair survey, but does give some indications of
>> popularity trends.
>>
>> http://xahlee.org/lang_traf/index.h
Xah Lee wrote:
> Computer Language Popularity Trend
>
> This page gives a visual report of computer languages's popularity, as
> indicated by their traffic level in newsgroups. This is not a
> comprehensive or fair survey, but does give some indications of
> popularity trends.
>
> http://xahlee.o
Stefan Scholl wrote:
> In comp.lang.lisp Jon Ribbens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>> http://xahlee.org/lang_traf/index.html
> >>
> >> Careful there with the sweeping generalizations and quick judgments
> >> about languages :)
> >
> > I j
At Wednesday 27/9/2006 13:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> You can also get a rough measure ot the popularity of web scripting
> languages from an analysis of the URLs. The last time I did this was in
> 2003, and as I recall, these were the results:
> PHP 30% and increasing
> Perl 28% and falling
John Bailo wrote:
> Xah Lee wrote:
> > Computer Language Popularity Trend
> >
> > This page gives a visual report of computer languages's popularity, as
> > indicated by their traffic level in newsgroups.
>
> The only problem being that in the last five years, there are now a
> multiplicity of opt
Sherm Pendley wrote:
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>>Xah Lee wrote:
>>
>>>Computer Language Popularity Trend
>>>
>>
>>Careful there with the sweeping generalizations and quick judgments
>
>
> Such things are all Xah does. Look at the distribution list for this
> message
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I don't think you can use any measure as an accurate yardstick, but
> rather as an impressionistic canvas.
Exactly. You can't measure "popularity" without defining the term.
Xah Lee appears to define popularity based on the number of posts made
in a given language's U
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> At the site I'm working on, you'd see a URL like
> http://www.whatever.com/login or http://www.whatever.com/boards?id=131
> -- how would you count them? Such (extensionless) URLs are far more
> common in the Python, Ruby, and Java world in my experience than the
> PHP, P
There is one index at : http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm
It isn't much reliable, put still I think it is a bit reliable.
Also, you might use number of open source projects at Sourceforge for
the given language for giving assumptions, or number of job openings at
Monster, i.e.
--
Mladen Adamov
Xah Lee wrote:
> Computer Language Popularity Trend
>
> This page gives a visual report of computer languages's popularity, as
> indicated by their traffic level in newsgroups.
The only problem being that in the last five years, there are now a
multiplicity of options for discussing any of these
In comp.lang.lisp Jon Ribbens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> http://xahlee.org/lang_traf/index.html
>>
>> Careful there with the sweeping generalizations and quick judgments
>> about languages :)
>
> I just read "PHP as a language is rath
Joe Marshall wrote:
> Xah Lee wrote:
>
>>Computer Language Popularity Trend
>>
>>This page gives a visual report of computer languages's popularity, as
>>indicated by their traffic level in newsgroups. This is not a
>>comprehensive or fair survey, but does give some indications of
>>popularity tre
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> You can also get a rough measure ot the popularity of web scripting
> languages from an analysis of the URLs. The last time I did this was in
> 2003, and as I recall, these were the results:
> PHP 30% and increasing
> Perl 28% and falling
> ASP 25% and falling fast
> Cold
Xah Lee wrote:
> Computer Language Popularity Trend
>
> This page gives a visual report of computer languages's popularity, as
> indicated by their traffic level in newsgroups. This is not a
> comprehensive or fair survey, but does give some indications of
> popularity trends.
Suggestions:
Prov
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Xah Lee wrote:
>> Computer Language Popularity Trend
>>
>
> Careful there with the sweeping generalizations and quick judgments
Such things are all Xah does. Look at the distribution list for this
message - of what possible use is cross-posting so
I, too, attempt to track the popularity of computer languages, but I
like to look at the job boards. My theory is that the number of
employers looking for particular skills indicates the relative
popularity of the language. This is a somewhat crude measure,
particularly with Microsoft technologies
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Xah Lee wrote:
>> Computer Language Popularity Trend
>>
>> This page gives a visual report of computer languages's popularity, as
>> indicated by their traffic level in newsgroups. This is not a
>> comprehensive or fair survey, but does give some indications of
>> popular
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> http://xahlee.org/lang_traf/index.html
>
> Careful there with the sweeping generalizations and quick judgments
> about languages :)
I just read "PHP as a language is rather dry and business-like",
and fell off my chair.
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http://mail.p
Xah Lee wrote:
> Computer Language Popularity Trend
>
> This page gives a visual report of computer languages's popularity, as
> indicated by their traffic level in newsgroups. This is not a
> comprehensive or fair survey, but does give some indications of
> popularity trends.
>
> http://xahlee.or
Xah Lee wrote:
> Computer Language Popularity Trend
>
> This page gives a visual report of computer languages's popularity, as
> indicated by their traffic level in newsgroups. This is not a
> comprehensive or fair survey, but does give some indications of
> popularity trends.
>
> http://xahlee.or
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