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Very interesting, Vlang sounds like a cool project and kind of a dreamy language if it can become more stable. However, it doesn't speak for the most popular l
by commitpizza 3y ago
Very interesting, Vlang sounds like a cool project and kind of a dreamy language if it can become more stable.
However, it doesn't speak for the most popular languages but maybe rather to the most active ones? I really doubt that Vlang (as an example) is more popular than Python, PHP etc..
- poulpy123 3y agosome of the languages have not been updated in years or have been archived
- withinboredom 3y agoOr moved to another platform like GitLab or self-hosted. Just because it isn't on GitHub, doesn't mean it has ceased being developed *somewhere*.
- poulpy123 3y agoI was using the link provided by the website
- withinboredom 3y agoI think this is measuring '"stars" along a stability scale'. It's possible (but not proven) that stars *might* measure popularity to some degree, but PRs and issues is def a measure of stability -- more issues and PRs means it is changing a lot or has a lot of bugs or new features. This is not measuring popularity at all.
- Tozen 3y agoYou also have to factor in the age of the programming language as well. So the PRs and issues would have to be relative to how old the language is.
- Tozen 3y agoWell, such could be said about Rust, TypeScript, or Zig in relation to Python. Not just Vlang. It may point to other factors at play, such as user satisfaction or enthusiasm. Python has a large number of critics, as well as fans. As Python is a older language, its users may tend to go other places and look to GitHub less. There are many sites, not to mention Python's own, where people can download releases or get information. There are other GitHub metrics to look as well, such as contributors or forks. In both of these, Python has a huge number in comparison to other languages.