* TIOBE Programming Community Index @ 2007-03-12 9:27 Martin Krischik 2007-03-12 9:43 ` Gautier 2007-03-12 16:22 ` jtg 0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Martin Krischik @ 2007-03-12 9:27 UTC (permalink / raw) Hello, You know I am quite critical of the index [1] - Still it is widely used so I always have look at it. This month a trend which I have observed the last few month has become even more apparent: The languages occupying the TOP-5 have all lost ground (while maintaining there relative position) - with place 6 being unchanged. On the other end all but one language in position 7 to 20 have gained ground (with relative positions scrambled). It might be wishfull thinking but could "Everybody programs in language X - so we need to program in X as well" finally come to an end? Ada itself is on 17 for several month now but last year we had a better position a place 14. We also gained 0.06% but that was not enough to keep our position [2]. At this time I like to remind you all that only web-pages containing the magic term "Ada programming" will be counted. We would not be the first to hack the index by making sure that *every* relevant page *also* has the magic term. Or how do you think Ruby [3] and D [4] made there sudden steep accent? But I don't consider it cheating as long as the page really is about the language in question. Martin [1] http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm [2] http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/Ada.html [3] http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/Ruby.html [4] http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/D.html ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: TIOBE Programming Community Index 2007-03-12 9:27 TIOBE Programming Community Index Martin Krischik @ 2007-03-12 9:43 ` Gautier 2007-03-12 13:46 ` Martin Krischik 2007-03-12 16:22 ` jtg 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Gautier @ 2007-03-12 9:43 UTC (permalink / raw) Martin Krischik: > At this time I like to remind you all that only web-pages containing the > magic term "Ada programming" will be counted. We would not be the first > to hack the index by making sure that *every* relevant page *also* has > the magic term. Or how do you think Ruby [3] and D [4] made there sudden > steep accent? But I don't consider it cheating as long as the page > really is about the language in question. Probably it would be biasing against the language L (whatever) if nobody hacked the index for that language... ______________________________________________________________ Gautier -- http://www.mysunrise.ch/users/gdm/index.htm Ada programming -- http://www.mysunrise.ch/users/gdm/gsoft.htm NB: For a direct answer, e-mail address on the Web site! ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: TIOBE Programming Community Index 2007-03-12 9:43 ` Gautier @ 2007-03-12 13:46 ` Martin Krischik 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Martin Krischik @ 2007-03-12 13:46 UTC (permalink / raw) Gautier schrieb: >> At this time I like to remind you all that only web-pages containing >> the magic term "Ada programming" will be counted. We would not be the >> first to hack the index by making sure that *every* relevant page >> *also* has the magic term. Or how do you think Ruby [3] and D [4] made >> there sudden steep accent? But I don't consider it cheating as long as >> the page really is about the language in question. > > Probably it would be biasing against the language L (whatever) if nobody > hacked the index for that language... The Index is about *current* popularity and if no advocate for L is there to hack the index then L is not popular. Might be sad news for L but that's the way it is. And this is true for L=Ada as well, hence my reminder. Note that even Tiobe once mentioned a language community which had a plan to increase there ranking. Martin ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: TIOBE Programming Community Index 2007-03-12 9:27 TIOBE Programming Community Index Martin Krischik 2007-03-12 9:43 ` Gautier @ 2007-03-12 16:22 ` jtg 2007-03-12 17:10 ` Martin Krischik 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: jtg @ 2007-03-12 16:22 UTC (permalink / raw) Martin Krischik wrote: > Or how do you think Ruby [3] and D [4] made there sudden > steep accent? According to my favourite popularity index (based on job offers), Ruby is indeed on the rise: http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/ruby.do http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/contracts/uk/ruby.do But it seems they don't include D in their statistics, although they track thousands of IT keywords. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: TIOBE Programming Community Index 2007-03-12 16:22 ` jtg @ 2007-03-12 17:10 ` Martin Krischik 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Martin Krischik @ 2007-03-12 17:10 UTC (permalink / raw) jtg wrote: > Martin Krischik wrote: > >> Or how do you think Ruby [3] and D [4] made there sudden >> steep accent? > > According to my favourite popularity index (based on job offers), Ruby > is indeed on the rise: > http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/ruby.do > http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/contracts/uk/ruby.do > But it seems they don't include D in their statistics, although they > track thousands of IT keywords. Sure Ruby is on the rise I don't doubt that. Martin -- mailto://krischik@users.sourceforge.net Ada programming at: http://ada.krischik.com ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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