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I'm somewhat tired of the Tiobe index. From time to time it is even cited in serious media although the method to gather this statistic is very questionable. S
by cryptos 6y ago
I'm somewhat tired of the Tiobe index. From time to time it is even cited in serious media although the method to gather this statistic is very questionable.
Since the humanity seems to too nee "Top n" lists, it would be good to have one for programming languages based on a more solid foundation.
- pjmlp 6y agoIt is the index that most managers care about.
- dragonwriter 6y agoIt takes what is easy to quantify without any consideration of whether it's at all a useful proxy for the thing it is supposed to measure. So, naturally, managers love it.
- webmaven 6y ago> It takes what is easy to quantify without any consideration of whether it's at all a useful proxy for the thing it is supposed to measure. The measures it uses all seem reasonable proxies for "popularity", which doesn't have a rigorous definition. Unlike some other attempts (eg. Dice), they at least combine multiple proxies. > So, naturally, managers love it. Well, naturally. By definition, most people are mediocre at their jobs, and managers are no exception, so naturally the main de-risking strategy is "what is being used most". Why would you find the popularity of popularity contests surprising?