Hi Mark, I just visited the link Richard provided and it shows the following;
It is important to note that the TIOBE index is not about the best programming language or the language in which most lines of code have been written. The index can be used to check whether your programming skills are still up to date or to make a strategic decision about what programming language should be adopted when starting to build a new software system. The definition of the TIOBE index can be found here <https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/programming-languages-definition/>. Basically the calculation comes down to counting hits for the search query. JB > On Oct 5, 2019, at 3:59 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 10/5/19 3:36 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: > >> But this month LC broke new ground: >> For the first time since I've been tracking TIOBE, LC IS NOW IN THE UPPER >> 50, ranked as the 49th most popular language: >> https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ > > Great news!, I think... note that the TIOBE rating is based on lines of code > written, not popularity. > > I'm not fond of metrics based on lines of code written. Since LiveCode packs > so much power into a single statement vs the number of line of code it takes > to do the same job in most other languages, I'd think that we're actually > much higher in the standings than a simple quantitative statistic would > indicate. > > What did we knock out of place to get there? I see we're only 0.001% above > Crystal, whatever that is. > > -- > Mark Wieder > ahsoftw...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
