[nylug-talk] Popularity of Programming Languages

[Sunny Dubey]

On Thursday 11 May 2006 01:33, Monjay Settro wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How are you gauging the use of popular programming languages? Does
> your method and observations coincide with Tiobe's?
>

As a web end user, I notice languages by filename extension.  (Sorry 
folks, but I have yet to see any real world RubyonRails usage, no 
flames, just my honest experiences.)  No real changes 
between .asp{x}, .jsp, .php, etc

As a package manager, I see whatever languages/libraries packages start 
to depend on.  So far the trend is clear:  python is picking up steam.  
(you can tell a language is gaining ground when distros start writing 
language specific packaging policies for it.)

cool

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