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Let us not jump to conclusions: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=java,+c,+python,+perl,+ruby,+php&l= http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=java,+c,+python,+perl,+

• icey 18y ago
  Removing Java and C from your list makes it much easier to see what's going on: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=python%2C+perl%2C+ruby%2C+php&l= http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=python%2C+perl%2C+ruby%2C+...
  • patio11 18y ago
    Right. Now view the same stats in Relative (which makes the trending more visible): http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=python,+perl,+ruby,+php&l=&relative=1 http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=python,+perl,+ruby,+php&#3... The numbers say what most people know: that set of four languages contains 1 that is mature and 3 that are growing. One of them is growing fairly rapidly relative to where it was when the data set started out.
    • mattmaroon 18y ago
      You wouldn't consider PHP mature?
      • icey 18y ago
        Or Python, for that matter... I mean, it's 17 years old. It can drive a car and almost vote!
• davidw 18y ago
  Yeah, the post is based on TIOBE stats. LangPop.com is way better:-) Well, honestly it's still far from perfect, but there's just no way to get really good, clean data for programming language usage throughout the world.
• sh1mmer 18y ago
  How many Perl jobs are turning into Cobol-esque jobs. Maintain a legacy systems and keep it chugging along. How many people build new projects in Perl?
  • d0mine 18y ago
    Agreed. Each metric has it flaws. Two differently biased metrics are better than one.