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The graph shows SO vs GH rank, and if I'm reading it correctly it seems like C is slightly more popular on SO relative to GH while JS falls pretty much on the l
by hnra 8y ago
The graph shows SO vs GH rank, and if I'm reading it correctly it seems like C is slightly more popular on SO relative to GH while JS falls pretty much on the line.
Wouldn't that imply that C programmers resort to SO more often than they publish code on GH compared to JS?
- axaxs 8y agoSure, I was a bit surprised by that. But, there are things to consider. JS is by nature(well, until Node) open source and has a generally younger base, both which would pad its GitHub numbers. C has two big areas I think - Linux/open source software, and embedded work. A lot of open source projects in Linux land are for whatever reason not in Github. Heck I still see sourceforge a lot. Embedded work is likely done for a company and of course wouldn't be in Github.