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That's because TIOBE derives metrics from search results. Which means every time some one searches 'Python, the snake', that also gets counted as 'Python, the p
by kamaal 8y ago
That's because TIOBE derives metrics from search results. Which means every time some one searches 'Python, the snake', that also gets counted as 'Python, the programming language'.
Most people looking for help on the internet are searching:
"How do I do X in shell?"
No of people looking for help with the word 'Bash' are likely to be lower.
That's one reason why TIOBE is sometimes way off the real trends.
- steveklabnik 8y agoI don't like TIOBE, and think it's a pretty bad index, but they search for "$LANG programming", not just $LANG. https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/programming-languages-definition/ https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/programming-languages-defi...
- 200px 8y ago> Which means every time some one searches 'Python, the snake', that also gets counted as 'Python, the programming language'. This is false.