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Non-canvas fingerprinting summary: http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/econo_chart_py.png http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10... I found the data points coarse (x = 5 years) but useful to see similar trends of popularity between C, Javascript, and Python. Note: these metrics are defined by global search engine popularity.

noobermin 8y ago
What happened to lisp in the last five years?
- usrusr 8y ago
  That drop looks like what I would expect if you do not include Clojure in the lisp numbers, despite not having a separate category for it.
- tralarpa 8y ago
  The online documentation of Racket became too good :)
empath75 8y ago
Doesn’t seem plausible that both c and c++ are more popular than python.
- yellowapple 8y ago
  Why not? C++ is still the de facto standard for desktop software (including games), last I checked, and C is still the de facto standard for systems and embedded programming. Python hasn't really displaced anything in either realm as far as I can tell (some C/C++ codebases use Python for user-customizable scripting or plugins, sure, but it probably ain't doing the heavy lifting).
  - metildaa 8y ago
    This doesn't match what I see and hear, on Windows if you already have a C/C++ codebase, its likely that one will stick with that. Otherwise, legacy Visual Basic/Delphi programs seem to consistently be rewritten in C# (primarly due to Microsoft heavily pushing it, providing tons of documentation and easy examples). This is the impression I get from a few proprietary software vendors I used to work with, and those that pop up at local events in my area. I can't name one actively migrating to C/C++, C# is big if your stuck on Windows. That being said, I have been diligently avoiding proprietary software for the last few years. My life is much happier without it, ain't got no licensing worries :D
- denisw 8y ago
  That entirely depends on how “popular” is defined. If you mean “preferred choice for greenfield consumer and B2B apps”, then yes, C/C++ would be ranked way lower. But as far as I understand this statistic is based in search results, so it takes into account the huge body of existing software that needs maintenance (after all, you need to stay up-to-date and also look things up again from time to time), as well as domains in which C and C++ are a good still dominating, such as programming embedded devices.
yellowapple 8y ago
I wonder if those statistics are accounting for people searching for snakes.
- sumedh 8y ago
  Took me a while to figure out what you mean by snakes, I thought what do snakes have to do with programming languages then it bit me.
- tralarpa 8y ago
  Or for coffee.
- bakery2k 8y ago
  Or, of course, for British surreal comedy groups.
- deleted 8y ago
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noobermin 8y ago

What happened to lisp in the last five years?

usrusr 8y ago
That drop looks like what I would expect if you do not include Clojure in the lisp numbers, despite not having a separate category for it.
tralarpa 8y ago
The online documentation of Racket became too good :)

empath75 8y ago

Doesn’t seem plausible that both c and c++ are more popular than python.

yellowapple 8y ago
Why not? C++ is still the de facto standard for desktop software (including games), last I checked, and C is still the de facto standard for systems and embedded programming. Python hasn't really displaced anything in either realm as far as I can tell (some C/C++ codebases use Python for user-customizable scripting or plugins, sure, but it probably ain't doing the heavy lifting).
- metildaa 8y ago
  This doesn't match what I see and hear, on Windows if you already have a C/C++ codebase, its likely that one will stick with that. Otherwise, legacy Visual Basic/Delphi programs seem to consistently be rewritten in C# (primarly due to Microsoft heavily pushing it, providing tons of documentation and easy examples). This is the impression I get from a few proprietary software vendors I used to work with, and those that pop up at local events in my area. I can't name one actively migrating to C/C++, C# is big if your stuck on Windows. That being said, I have been diligently avoiding proprietary software for the last few years. My life is much happier without it, ain't got no licensing worries :D
denisw 8y ago
That entirely depends on how “popular” is defined. If you mean “preferred choice for greenfield consumer and B2B apps”, then yes, C/C++ would be ranked way lower. But as far as I understand this statistic is based in search results, so it takes into account the huge body of existing software that needs maintenance (after all, you need to stay up-to-date and also look things up again from time to time), as well as domains in which C and C++ are a good still dominating, such as programming embedded devices.

yellowapple 8y ago

I wonder if those statistics are accounting for people searching for snakes.

sumedh 8y ago
Took me a while to figure out what you mean by snakes, I thought what do snakes have to do with programming languages then it bit me.
tralarpa 8y ago
Or for coffee.
bakery2k 8y ago
Or, of course, for British surreal comedy groups.
deleted 8y ago
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