[BangPypers] Python grows in 2007

Ramdas S ramdas at developeriq.com
Thu Jan 3 14:46:32 CET 2008


I notice that Javascript is a non mover. Surprising, there is no dearth of
new ajax apps, launched shipping and being announced every day.



On Jan 3, 2008 6:56 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai <abpillai at gmail.com>
wrote:

> A few more observations...
>
> o The language "D" is slowly on its way up.
> o Lua has the fastest growth from posn 46 to posn 20!
> o Contrary to popular jokes, COBOL is still alive and in fact growing :D
>
> This validates my theory that the very high level language trio of
> Python, Ruby,PHP
> and its associates Lua etc are the future languages to look out for.
>
> And "D" looks set to be the C++++ for the future. (the ++ is no typo!)
>
> I invite you to draw your own observations. Btw, the TIOBE index is
> the popular programming language index on the web. I am not
> sure what methods they use to calculate these numbers or how scientific
> they are...
>
> --Anand
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 6:47 PM, Anand Balachandran Pillai <abpillai at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > The TIOBE programming languages community index {
> http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm}
> > shows that Python has gone a step higher in Dec 07 when compared to Dec
> 06.
> >
> > Python was at position 7 in 06 and now it is at position 6. Ruby has
> jumped
> > two notches from position 11 to position 9.
> >
> > Other interesting trends is that Java has managed to keep the top-spot
> > while C++ is on a downward trend. It is also interesting to see the drop
> > in Perl - I guess a lot of Perl programmers are moving to Ruby or Python
> :)
> >
> > The chart below shows the long term trends. A quick look provides
> > some interesting observations.
> >
> >  o C++ has been on a downward slope since 2005
> >  o The Java graph has an overall negative trend since 2001, but
> >     has numerous large peaks and troughs with the most recent
> >     being an upward growth. In general the growth has been flat
> >    since mid 2005
> >  o Perl is clearly on an downward trend
> >  o PHP is overall on an upward trend
> >  o Python had a dramatic peak in early-mid 2004 which spiked
> >    its popularity (I wonder what caused it!) which it has managed
> >    to improve further.
> >  o Ruby has had a major surge in late 2006-2007 and is now
> >    almost equaling Python though the growth rate of Python is
> >    slightly more than that of Ruby
> > o Visual  Basic is on an overall flat trend since 2002 managing to
> >   keep its space and actually growing in 2007
> >
> > Good news for Python programmers ... The full report will be
> > released some time soon.
> >
> > --
> > -Anand
> >
>
>
>
> --
> -Anand
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