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I find that it is a good proxy for how much each language is being used.
by truly 5y ago
I find that it is a good proxy for how much each language is being used.
- cjaybo 5y agoHow do you find that?
- truly 5y agoIt seems clear that the more a language is used, the more a programmer will makes searches. Not a linear relation, but it is common sense.
- phaedryx 5y agoIt seems clear that the worse the documentation for a language is, the more a programmer will make searches. Not a linear relation, but it is common sense. It seems clear that the harder a language is to understand, the more a programmer will make searches. Not a linear relation, but it is common sense. It seems clear that [reason somebody would do a search] ...
- ljoshua 5y agoYou may want to also consider other data points like the annual Stack Overflow Developer Survey [0]. Again, it's not necessarily the perfect stat reflecting actual real-world language use (since it's really more about languages used by visitors to SO), but I'd say it's a pretty decent proxy. [0]: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#technology https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#technology