I think it's more that the results are relative... what proportion of the total websites does language X have as compared to all languages. (because we're really measuring how heavily each language is marketed here, not how heavily it's used)
Simply adding new languages will then reduce the apparent contribution of the incumbents, even if absolute figures are growing. This is probably most visible when languages within a common plattform are compared. i.e. Java vs scala vs javafx vs ... / C# vs F# vs VB.net vs ... / etc. I guess this is why Java and C# appear to be dropping, they're now being joined on their respective platforms by other languages that are more productive/flexible for some scenarios. Lets face it, how many blogs and article do you see nowadays about this wonderful new "Java" language that someone's just discovered? On 15 April 2010 09:10, Stuart McCulloch <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15 April 2010 15:21, Vince O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> > > though it's interesting that the recent surge in C that pushed > it above Java is matched by a similarly sized downturn in C# > > so are people falling back to standard C away from managed > languages in general, or were some C# results counted as C > by mistake / due to changes in search algorithms? > > > http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/tpci_definition.htm > > -- > Cheers, Stuart > > -- >> >> 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > -- > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Kevin Wright mail/google talk: [email protected] wave: [email protected] skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- 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.
