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> The path that led Walter Bright to write a language, now among the top 20 most used, began with curiosity — and an insult. Is D really a top 20 language? I d

by leshow 8y ago

> The path that led Walter Bright to write a language, now among the top 20 most used, began with curiosity — and an insult. Is D really a top 20 language? I don't remember seeing it anywhere close to the top 20. https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ has them in 31

octohedron 8y ago
Exactly, just read the first line of the article and closed it.
- ac2u 8y ago
  Should have read the publish date just above the first line ;P
  - TomK32 8y ago
    Dr Doobs looks to be pretty much dead anyways?
    - pjmlp 8y ago
      It is dead, their last article was quite long time ago. They just decided to keep the website running.
      - saagarjha 8y ago
        That's nice for those who haven't stumbled upon it yet!
qznc 8y ago
It was at #12 in March 2009: https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/d/ https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/d/
- akvadrako 8y ago
  Isn't this based off google searches? How can they distinguish real requests for "D" ?
- leshow 8y ago
  So it's getting less popular over time (assuming the ranking is accurate)? That's not very felicitous.
scriptproof 8y ago
And Visual Basic is above JavaScript! You can forget Tiobe.