Scroll down. Ruby is 22nd. Lee
On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:46:45 -0400 Stephen Lapointe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Here's some ammunition: >>http://www.tiobe.com/index.htm?tiobe_index >> >>That link ranks the most used programming languages in >>the world. Notice the >>9 green arrows next to CF! Moven' on up... >> >>Cheers, >>Baz > > That Tiobe page explains the rankings as follows: "The >ratings are based on the world-wide availability of >skilled engineers, courses and third party vendors. The >popular search engines Google, MSN, and Yahoo! are used >to calculate the ratings. Observe that the TPC index is >not about the best programming language or the language >in which most lines of code have been written." > > In my view, the "availability of skilled engineers, >courses, and third-party vendors" may say more about how >complicated (or old) a language is than about its >strategic value or market penetration. Ruby doesn't show >up at all on this list. Why? Partly because it's a newer >language. But probably also because the elegance of the >Ruby on Rails framework renders courses and third-party >vendors less important. The same could be said for CFML. > > So while there is certainly some value in the Tiobe >ranking, for most organizations I'm not sure it's that >useful in evaluating the strategic advantages of a web >programming solution. A strong case can be made for CFML >though. One such case I came across recently: > http://www.hotbanana.com/products/hot-banana-technology/why-coldfusion-mx/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:230613 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
