"C pulls away from Java among top programming languages"

Lynn McGuire

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Nov 13, 2013, 3:04:16 PM11/13/13

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"C pulls away from Java among top programming languages"
http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-development/c-pulls-away-java-among-top-programming-languages-230603

The actual programming language index is at:
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html

1 1 C 18.155% -1.07% A
2 2 Java 16.521% -0.93% A
3 3 Objective-C 9.406% -0.98% A
4 4 C++ 8.369% -1.33% A
5 6 C# 6.024% +0.43% A

Lynn

BartC

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Nov 13, 2013, 5:28:03 PM11/13/13

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"Lynn McGuire" <l...@winsim.com> wrote in message
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> "C pulls away from Java among top programming languages"
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-development/c-pulls-away-java-among-top-programming-languages-230603
>
> The actual programming language index is at:
> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
>
> 1 1 C 18.155% -1.07% A
> 2 2 Java 16.521% -0.93% A
> 3 3 Objective-C 9.406% -0.98% A

I wonder how much further C would be in front, if people weren't obliged to
use Java (for Android apps) or Objective-C (for Apple devices)? I don't
think they would be popular choices otherwise!

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Bartc

Noob

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Nov 14, 2013, 6:04:19 AM11/14/13

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Lynn McGuire wrote:

> "C pulls away from Java among top programming languages"
> http://www.infoworld.com/t/application-development/c-pulls-away-java-among-top-programming-languages-230603
>
> The actual programming language index is at:
> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
>
> 1 1 C 18.155% -1.07% A
> 2 2 Java 16.521% -0.93% A

How can C "pull away" if the margin is shrinking?

Malcolm McLean

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Nov 14, 2013, 6:39:36 AM11/14/13

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On Thursday, November 14, 2013 11:04:19 AM UTC, Noob wrote:

> Lynn McGuire wrote:
>
> > 1 1 C 18.155% -1.07% A
> > 2 2 Java 16.521% -0.93% A
>
> How can C "pull away" if the margin is shrinking?
>

The table shows the year on year change. On a month by month change, C has
increased in popularity versus September.

Fuseblower

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Nov 14, 2013, 8:02:18 AM11/14/13

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On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:04:16 PM UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> "C pulls away from Java among top programming languages"

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Hm, the way these statistics have been arrived at (by looking at search engine queries) is a bit suspicious.

Anyway, other popular languages like C++, C#, objective C and Java are just
derived from C so whatever happpens, C's Legend will live on :)

Fuseblower

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Nov 14, 2013, 9:35:59 AM11/14/13

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>/*****************************************************************************/
>
>Hm, the way these statistics have been arrived at (by looking at search engine queries) is a bit suspicious.
>
>Anyway, other popular languages like C++, C#, objective C and Java are just
>derived from C so whatever happpens, C's Legend will live on :)
>

OT : Sorry about the above. Been years since I've been on usenet and,
in my folly, I've used Google to post. I'm sure I'll pay for it by
getting tons of spam. But now I've got a decent newsreader installed.

Nobody

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Nov 14, 2013, 11:03:32 AM11/14/13

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On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 05:02:18 -0800, Fuseblower wrote:

> Hm, the way these statistics have been arrived at (by looking at search
> engine queries) is a bit suspicious.

Which is why no-one should take TIOBE seriously.

It's useful for IT "journalists" during slow-news periods. It's also
useful for trolls looking to start language wars.

It may even have some practical use, for seeing which languages are
popular in colleges (i.e. which ones spike at the beginning of each
semester).

But that's about all.

Ken Brody

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Nov 18, 2013, 12:58:19 PM11/18/13

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Must've been written by a real estate agent:

http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2013/11/14