I came across these language "popularity" figures for April 2010, today; http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html and they make interesting reading. The value of the graphs lie not so much in the snapshot of popularity at any given moment in time but in the way that they track trends.
What is immediately obvious is that Java has been on a steady decline for the last nine years, with C pretty much holding its own and a plethora of scripting languages vying for attention. C++ seems to be in an even bigger long term decline, whilst C# is gaining, slowly but steadily. I think that in increase in popularity of C# is particularly telling, given its close resemblence to Java. It just goes to show the Java does not need to be in decline and probably wouldn't be if the people in control of it (i.e. the 'old guard' at Sun and the JCP committees) managed it better. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
