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This sort of comment is pretty frustrating for people who don't already know what you're talking about. What are you trying to say?

dmm 9y ago
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=golang#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=golang#GEO_MAP
- johnnycarcin 9y ago
  That is very interesting, thanks for providing the link.
  - Recursing 9y ago
    Keep in mind that you get the same results for python, javascript, Java, Kotlin and even lisp
    - desdiv 9y ago
      Yep, you're right: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=python#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=python#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=java#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=java#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=javascript#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=javascript#GEO_MA... https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=Kotlin#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=Kotlin#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=lisp#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=lisp#GEO_MAP My guess is that: 1. China blocks Google 2. Technical users in China use VPN to circumvent said block, while non-technical users switch to something else 3. Technical users search for programming language terms a lot 4. Thus the normalized ratio of (programming language search queries) / (total search queries) is a lot higher in China compared to other countries where Google isn't blocked
    - emmelaich 9y ago
      You sure? https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=kotlin,python,javascript,lisp#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=kotlin,python,jav...
srum 9y ago
China? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7855571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7855571
codemac 9y ago
They are proposing that countries where it is very lucrative and popular to write spyware for money are also countries where golang is popular, thus making it a social reason as to why they are getting written in golang as opposed to any technical one like cross compilation. The list of countries where spyware is written intersected with golang popularity to me is actually a rough one, measuring languages' regional popularity always seems fraught.

dmm 9y ago

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=golang#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=golang#GEO_MAP

johnnycarcin 9y ago
That is very interesting, thanks for providing the link.
- Recursing 9y ago
  Keep in mind that you get the same results for python, javascript, Java, Kotlin and even lisp
  - desdiv 9y ago
    Yep, you're right: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=python#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=python#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=java#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=java#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=javascript#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=javascript#GEO_MA... https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=Kotlin#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=Kotlin#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=lisp#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=lisp#GEO_MAP My guess is that: 1. China blocks Google 2. Technical users in China use VPN to circumvent said block, while non-technical users switch to something else 3. Technical users search for programming language terms a lot 4. Thus the normalized ratio of (programming language search queries) / (total search queries) is a lot higher in China compared to other countries where Google isn't blocked
  - emmelaich 9y ago
    You sure? https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=kotlin,python,javascript,lisp#GEO_MAP https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=kotlin,python,jav...

srum 9y ago

China? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7855571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7855571

codemac 9y ago

They are proposing that countries where it is very lucrative and popular to write spyware for money are also countries where golang is popular, thus making it a social reason as to why they are getting written in golang as opposed to any technical one like cross compilation. The list of countries where spyware is written intersected with golang popularity to me is actually a rough one, measuring languages' regional popularity always seems fraught.