On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 09:21, Vince O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 1. Don't know what was included for the statistic and what not. Statistics tend to lie (in whatever direction). 2. Each year a lot of new programming languages are invented so it is clear that some other "older" languages loose for the favor of the newer ones. > 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. Don't forget that e.g. a lot of former Windows-C++ and Windows-VB devloper move to C# / VB.NET. This means just that there is a transition to C# because this is what is currently supported by Microsoft and Windows-developers do not have a real other choice if Windows remains their focus. I know a company that is writing their client software in .NET and appropriate plugins for management console because they need (or think they need) the official certification for Windows. I bet, a Java application is not going to be certified by Microsoft. ;-) - I would not interpret an increased C#-use as a reliable indicator that it is a better language (if you first assume that the statistic is reliable). Back to the statistic: I think if you add the Visual Basic + C# you will not get a real increase of Windows-only-development. -- Martin Wildam -- 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.
