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This is cool but every time I see something like this I think that this kind of data could be seriously skewed by individual language communities. For example,

by jswny 10y ago

This is cool but every time I see something like this I think that this kind of data could be seriously skewed by individual language communities. For example, in the Elixir community we have our own forum, IRC, and Slack channel. Because of this, I almost never visit SO for my Elixir needs. However, I do when I am working with JavaScript, C, Java, etc. I know other languages like C++ have similar communities which take care of much of the questions which would otherwise be posted on SO. Does anyone else feel that their language is misrepresented by data such as this? (Not trying to knock SO here, this is a very cool analysis, but I do feel that some of these problems are relevant.)

dmix 10y ago
And the skill of the userbase. Haskell naturally attracts a more skilled developer who is more likely to dig into documentation/blog posts rather than running for help on SO. I used SO all the time when I was a newbie. But I only use it now for obscure issues, usually as a last resort.
Nition 10y ago
Same for Unity3D, which is one of the tags they have in their post but it doesn't look very popular there. Unity3D has their own separate SO-like site called Unity Answers, plus a large forum, plus a (somewhat out-of-date) community wiki. So lots of people won't be hitting SO for help Still, most of this particular blog post is about relatives between hours of the day per language, rather than comparisons between languages, so it won't be too affected.
gls2ro 10y ago
From an outside (Elixir slack,irc) perspective sometimes I think these communities on Slack or IRC are "hiding" things from a beginner or at least making the search for an answer harder: because they are not indexed and when one searches for an answer one does not receive a link to a Slack conversation about that topic. Personal example: I started to learn Elixir, but I don't know where are these communities. So I rely on SO or other open sources/articles on the web.

by jswny 10y ago

dmix 10y ago

And the skill of the userbase. Haskell naturally attracts a more skilled developer who is more likely to dig into documentation/blog posts rather than running for help on SO. I used SO all the time when I was a newbie. But I only use it now for obscure issues, usually as a last resort.

Nition 10y ago

Same for Unity3D, which is one of the tags they have in their post but it doesn't look very popular there. Unity3D has their own separate SO-like site called Unity Answers, plus a large forum, plus a (somewhat out-of-date) community wiki. So lots of people won't be hitting SO for help Still, most of this particular blog post is about relatives between hours of the day per language, rather than comparisons between languages, so it won't be too affected.

gls2ro 10y ago

From an outside (Elixir slack,irc) perspective sometimes I think these communities on Slack or IRC are "hiding" things from a beginner or at least making the search for an answer harder: because they are not indexed and when one searches for an answer one does not receive a link to a Slack conversation about that topic. Personal example: I started to learn Elixir, but I don't know where are these communities. So I rely on SO or other open sources/articles on the web.