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What is the runtime? Always the same. More than C? Ha! The platform where your js is running is probably written in C!

hungerstrike 9y ago
Pffffft. Nobody wants to touch C these days. That's why many, many, many, many, many more people are writing server, browser, desktop and mobile apps with JS and not C.
- dblotsky 9y ago
  https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/
  - hungerstrike 9y ago
    http://githut.info/ http://githut.info/
    - dblotsky 9y ago
      There's way more to software engineering than GitHub. Example: every company that hosts their own code repositories. The TIOBE index, while not entirely accurate either, does reflect usage by a much more broad set of engineers.
      - hungerstrike 9y ago
        Here's another survey that shows what kinds of languages programmers actually want to use and JS tops the list while C comes in below even Bash/Shell programming and PHP.
      - hungerstrike 9y ago
        Incorrect. TIOBE shows you what companies are making their employees do. Github numbers show you what programmers actually want to do. However, looking at job ads these days I hardly see any for C relative to JavaScript.
        dblotsky 9y ago
        My point was that TIOBE is simply more all-encompassing than GitHut. It gives you a clearer picture of the most searched programming languages, which includes both GitHub as well as non-GitHub stats. Also, GitHut counts repositories, not lines of code. Not sure which of C or JS has more lines of code being written every year, but my guess is that it's C (Java might have more than both though).
        hungerstrike 9y ago
        Yes and my point is that GitHub numbers show you a much better picture of programming languages that programmers actually want to use. Are we just going to go back and forth saying the same thing over and over though at this point?
        dblotsky 9y ago
        Nah, then it's pretty simple. My rebuttal is that I think "programming languages that programmers actually want to use" (besides still being a debatable claim) is an insignificant metric. The industry doesn't pay for what you want to use.
        hungerstrike 9y ago
        When you are responding to a comment that says that programmers don’t want to use C... K, thx bye now.
        dblotsky 9y ago
        I think the comment was that JS is more popular than C. ;)
        hungerstrike 9y ago
        Yes, popular = the thing people want to use. And it was my comment and it’s quite obvious upon reading again, that my implication is very clear. That's why github numbers alone are better because it shows what programmers actually want to use. It's the same thing I've been saying to you for our last 20 interactions here. But I'll keep going because I'm not going to let you get the last word. SO let's keep going I guess.

Pffffft. Nobody wants to touch C these days. That's why many, many, many, many, many more people are writing server, browser, desktop and mobile apps with JS and not C.

dblotsky 9y ago
https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/
- hungerstrike 9y ago
  http://githut.info/ http://githut.info/
  - dblotsky 9y ago
    There's way more to software engineering than GitHub. Example: every company that hosts their own code repositories. The TIOBE index, while not entirely accurate either, does reflect usage by a much more broad set of engineers.
    - hungerstrike 9y ago
      Here's another survey that shows what kinds of languages programmers actually want to use and JS tops the list while C comes in below even Bash/Shell programming and PHP.
    - hungerstrike 9y ago
      Incorrect. TIOBE shows you what companies are making their employees do. Github numbers show you what programmers actually want to do. However, looking at job ads these days I hardly see any for C relative to JavaScript.
      - dblotsky 9y ago
        My point was that TIOBE is simply more all-encompassing than GitHut. It gives you a clearer picture of the most searched programming languages, which includes both GitHub as well as non-GitHub stats. Also, GitHut counts repositories, not lines of code. Not sure which of C or JS has more lines of code being written every year, but my guess is that it's C (Java might have more than both though).
        hungerstrike 9y ago
        Yes and my point is that GitHub numbers show you a much better picture of programming languages that programmers actually want to use. Are we just going to go back and forth saying the same thing over and over though at this point?
        dblotsky 9y ago
        Nah, then it's pretty simple. My rebuttal is that I think "programming languages that programmers actually want to use" (besides still being a debatable claim) is an insignificant metric. The industry doesn't pay for what you want to use.
        hungerstrike 9y ago
        When you are responding to a comment that says that programmers don’t want to use C... K, thx bye now.
        dblotsky 9y ago
        I think the comment was that JS is more popular than C. ;)
        hungerstrike 9y ago
        Yes, popular = the thing people want to use. And it was my comment and it’s quite obvious upon reading again, that my implication is very clear. That's why github numbers alone are better because it shows what programmers actually want to use. It's the same thing I've been saying to you for our last 20 interactions here. But I'll keep going because I'm not going to let you get the last word. SO let's keep going I guess.