On 01/10/2013 12:23 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
In general-purpose scripting languages, Python continues to grow slowly,
JavaScript and Ruby are treading water, and Perl continues its long
decline. According to Google trends, the number of searches for Perl is
19% of what it was in 2004. Its
On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 11:23:51 PM UTC-8, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
One should always be careful pronouncing a language dead or dying,
No kidding!
https://www.google.com/#q=is+fortran+still+used
I usually use the query phrase Why isn't Fortran dead yet?, but you get a
better list of
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:42:49 -0700, Michael Torrie wrote:
And from the TIOBE Index, Python is steady at number 8:
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
The TIOBE index is meaningless. Since it's based on google searches,
one could probably guess that any
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:23:51 +, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
In general-purpose scripting languages, Python continues to grow
slowly, JavaScript and Ruby are treading water, and Perl continues its
long decline. According to Google trends, the number of searches for
Perl is 19% of what it was in
At one point or another I'm pretty sure I've googled _ sucks for every
language I've ever used- even the ones I like. ie: Python easily more than
once.
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On Jan 10, 2013, at 3:32
In general-purpose scripting languages, Python continues to grow slowly,
JavaScript and Ruby are treading water, and Perl continues its long
decline. According to Google trends, the number of searches for Perl is
19% of what it was in 2004. Its declining role in open-source communities
further
