On Monday, 29 January 2018 at 04:58:49 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
wrote:
It would be interesting to know, but I question how valid the
conclusions are just getting information from github like that.
For instance, I came from C++ to D. However, I never used
github before D's developement moved to github, and their
methodology would show me as someone who used D almost
exclusively and who did not switch from any other language. So,
while I'm sure that some valid conclusions can be taken from
the data, it's going to be skewed by the fact that not
everything a programmer does or has done ends up on github.
- Jonathan M Davis
I don't deny that there are limitations to the data. At best, it
would be telling you the transition of github users over a
specific period.
