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http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl The downwards trend seems to be flattening off, maybe "it's losing popularity at a slowe
by rquirk 16y ago
http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl The downwards trend seems to be flattening off, maybe "it's losing popularity at a slower rate" would have been more accurate? Seems pretty cruel teaching undergrads Perl when they could learn Python.
- dionidium 16y agoInteresting that Ruby and Python have been flat for a while. http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl,+python,+ruby&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl,+python,+ruby&ctab=0... I wouldn't have guessed they'd each surpassed Perl around 2007. Edit: Also, despite a steady decline, watch Java dwarf them all: http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl,+python,+ruby,+java&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl,+python,+ruby,+java&...
- TorKlingberg 16y agoThose numbers are inflated a bit by people searching about snakes, gemstones, coffee and Indonesia. Try adding "programming" to each term: http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl+programming%2C+python+programming%2C+ruby+programming http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl+programming%2C+python+pr...
- TorKlingberg 16y agoMost programming topics are going downwards on Google Trends. Probably because more non-programmers are getting online, while all programmers are already using the internet. The exceptions are very new and hot programming topics.
- bellaire 16y agoThis was done as a free summer course. Language bigotry aside, offering a course to learn another language outside those taught in the standard curriciulum, especially one which costs students nothing, is a win for everyone.
- wyuenho 16y agoIf I offered you free cyanide but I told you it's candy, it's that a win too?