It is great that Groovy is in the top 20 (and Java is #1), but I have to question their methodology and numbers as well. For instance Pascal is at #16. Really? Pascal? Number 16? Is there a huge Pascal development community somewhere that I don’t know about? Similarly, Delphi/Object Pascal is at number 12! The future for Pascal programmers looks bright indeed ;-)
Keith > On Jan 8, 2016, at 3:56 AM, Guillaume Laforge <[email protected]> wrote: > > You're of course totally right! > > It's just that following the index in the past, I noticed the big > fluctuations from month to month, which are just not plausible in real > life. A language wouldn't jump up'n down in popularity that much (nor > in terms of actual usage). > > Also, statistically speaking, seeing a ranking with percentages with > some many figures after the comma, for just one small percent, makes > me think that it's not relevant, accurate, or realistic for > comparisons. > > But that's nice to be in the top-20 nonetheless ;-) > > Guillaume > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Pierre Smits <[email protected]> wrote: >> While I agree that position in rankings can be argued, it does have it >> effect on potential adopters. A high position tells the potential adopter >> something, and it is commonly known that there are more followers than >> leaders. >> >> So congratulations on this achievement by the community. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Pierre Smits >> >> OFBiz Extensions Marketplace >> http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/ >> > > > > -- > Guillaume Laforge > Apache Groovy committer & PMC member > Product Ninja & Advocate at Restlet > > Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ > Social: @glaforge / Google+ ------------------------------ Research Associate Department of Computer Science Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY
