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If you look at the list, Objective-C has also jumped up 31 spots since last April. I'm wondering if a shift toward development for mobile devices (iPhone and ot

by gphil 17y ago

If you look at the list, Objective-C has also jumped up 31 spots since last April. I'm wondering if a shift toward development for mobile devices (iPhone and otherwise) has caused C to leapfrog Java.

ggruschow 17y ago
Consider what that means: at one time Java was THE way to do mobile phone apps.
- rbanffy 17y ago
  Java is still more or less the way to do mobile for anything non-Apple.
  - rubinelli 17y ago
    It's true, specially for games, but there is a significant shift towards JavaScript for non-demanding apps and widgets.
towndrunk 17y ago
I noticed the Objective-C jump too. Action script is still at the bottom of the list too. Interesting to me is Ruby. I would have thought that would be near the top. All you hear now is Ruby, Ruby, Ruby...
- hammerdr 17y ago
  It's because us Ruby developers have a nice tool stack and discoverable APIs such that we don't have to search Google! In all seriousness, though, I agree. The anecdotal evidence that I have is that Ruby (and Javascript) are getting to be more popular. That may just be with the crowd I hang out with though.
rbanffy 17y ago
> iPhone and otherwise Objective-C is not particularly useful for any other mobile platform that's not Apple's
- JoelMcCracken 17y ago
  "otherwise" as ipad, ipod touch...