Not Tiobe Index, Tiobe is based more on google search with the name of the language followed with the word "programming". Which is one of the reason its critics say its not reliable. As if there is a reliable way to measure popularity.
The only popularity index I am familiar with that was using mainly github was poplang, but it is no longer maintained and I do not think it was based on the github issues. Of course using Github as a measure for a language popularity is a really a bad idea because Github is mainly for open source projects which means its biased towards languages that have more active open source community. Because by very far web dev has the most active open source community Javascript comes No1. Of course in reality Javascript is nowhere near the most popular language if you take into the consideration that Java dominates business and Android software and especially mobile software is extremely active. Obviously more closed source source orientated languages like C# and C++ take a huge hit even though they dominate the Windows platform while desktop still takes at least one third of the market. In the gaming world which is still a very profitable and active part of the software industry web based language are pretty much non existent and its pretty much monopolised by C/C++/C# with Java trailing way way behind, even though Java dominates on Android ultility software neither Unity or Unreal use it, both game engines are the bread and butter of game devs. In sort the language popularity field is a huge pile of mess because its widely fluctuates depending on the area and subject matter and the criteria Poplang used to be an excellent example of this http://65.39.133.14/ But is abandoned now. On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 3:41 AM Tim Mackinnon <[email protected]> wrote: > I also wonder when they measure the popularity of a language/community > whether GitHub issues is a measure (I suspect it is), so it may be > advantageous to show activity particularly for a smaller community. > > Like others, I'm not a big fan of fogbugz (never understood why Joel is > considered a god), but it's ok, and it's served its purpose. I'd seriously > switching. > > I Tim > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 19 Aug 2017, at 21:40, Dimitris Chloupis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 10:32 PM Sean P. DeNigris <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > I see little reason not to allow both ways of reporting bugs. >> It seems that the need to create an account in FB to even view/search >> issues has been a big barrier to new(er) would-be contributors. I expect >> this difficulty would be multiplied since, in the process of reporting a >> bug on GH, they would not be able to easily determine if it had already >> been opened on FB > > > Tons of issues are reported in GH that are closed minutes as the issue > they report does not even exist. Closing an issue is just a matter of > pressing a button and you can always redirect the user to the issue in FB. > > Frankly I am no fan of FB, I find Github interface less powerful but far > simpler and better designed. What annoyed me is that fogbuz did not even > subscribed me to my own issues (issues I created) . I did not go back > because I thought people ignored me , then one day I decided to create a > new bug report and found out that people have replied almost immediately to > my old ones. Then I realised that Fogbuz did not alert me through email , > then I dig up its settings and found the way enable email alerts. Suffice > to say I was not very happy with this. > > I prefer GH also because I have already been using it with Python way > before I was introduced into Pharo, so its not just newcomer who will > prefer GH , I think the vast majority of people coming from other languages > will do too. GH is almost a monopoly at this point. > > Pretty much every one says moving to git and github will be costly , like > Stef just did. Blender made the move I think a year ago, so much noise in > the mailing list whether its really worth it moving from svn to git more > than 1 million line of code and more than a decade of commits. Later > admitted it was far easier than they expected. > > Point is that people are lazy, we are just are, and we like to keep doing > things we are familiar with because learning is hard. Problem is not > learning is far more costly. > > I have been a defender of git and github in the pharo mailing lists for > years now even though many resisted me and tried to convince me how Pharo > and git will never properly work and here we are, not regretting a second > of it and I am sure that other people who were supportive too dont either. > > But I never forced my opinion on anyone and I wont now. I am just saying , > if I have the choice between github and fogbuz, for me its github all the > way. Likewise if its iceberger vs gitup , gitup all the way. > > On the other hand , its great to live in a time having so many choices ;) > >
