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From: Wes Groleau <groleau@freeshell.org>
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JM wrote:
> This is always interesting to look at...
> 
> http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm

There are some significant unknowns in the method.
Some might call them "flaws" but I suspect that
if they were corrected, the results would be the same.
However, it's possible they wouldn't.

For example, the method counts references of

<language> programming

on google.  But it's possible that folks writing
about a particular language tend to say "scripting"
rather than programming.  Or one group may have a
tendency to say "writing Squiggle" more often than
"Squiggle programming"

It's possible that some write like they talk:
"Sequel programming" instead of "SQL programming"

Another possibility is that advocates of
<ABC> are all out of work, and therefore have
loads of time on their hadns to write web pages
about it.

Or they could be like some Ada programmers:
afraid that if they admit they know Ada, their
other skills won't even be looked at.

-- 
Wes Groleau
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