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I didn't interpret the results in this post as "predicting the future distribution of language use." Rather, I interpreted the ranking as an indicator of a qual
by j2kun 10y ago
I didn't interpret the results in this post as "predicting the future distribution of language use." Rather, I interpreted the ranking as an indicator of a qualitative trend in that distribution. I think the author also made this very clear.
And of course, all things trend toward newness, so your objection there seems more about time or human psychology than the methodology of the post.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoFrom the post: > I took the stochastic matrix sorted by the future popularity of the language (as predicted by the first eigenvector). Emphasis in original.
- j2kun 10y agoNevertheless, it seems quite obvious the author did not literally interpret the eigenvector as "x% of future projects will be written in Go." Rather, the conclusions he drew were along the lines of "Oh wow look Go is on top, C and Java are still relevant."
- thaumasiotes 10y agoI reserve the right to respond to what people say. Commenting on the accuracy of a label is worthwhile regardless of whether the label was meant to be precise or loose.