Python's popularity statistics

[Aaron K. Johnson]

In message <3DF8139C.B06C14B9 at alcyone.com>, Erik Max Francis wrote:
> "Aaron K. Johnson" wrote:
> 
> > Oops, I should retract my statement that there is a 'strong'
> > correlation
> > between the two data sets. Change strong to 'rough', in that the exact
> > order is
> > not observed, but the grouping of 'more used' and 'more talked about'
> > seem the
> > same in chunks of about 5 languages or so.....
> 
> But I don't think that anyone would dispute that those five languages
> are "more used [in new projects]" and "more talked about [recently]." 
> That there's very little correlated between the ordering of the five
> suggests that the data isn't going to be telling you other than, "Yep,
> they're popular, but you probably already knew that."
> 

true 'nuff.....

-Aaron.