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Many indicators suggest that Ruby peaked in 'buzz' (which is what TIOBE measures) around four or five years ago. Python became ultra-trendy during 2010 but has
by jonathansizz 14y ago
Many indicators suggest that Ruby peaked in 'buzz' (which is what TIOBE measures) around four or five years ago. Python became ultra-trendy during 2010 but has likely undergone a correction since then, although it's still very fashionable and has even seen a limited transition to the mainstream (where 'mainstream' means corporate and/or educational use). And there's no doubt that Objective-C and C# have seen large recent increases in use, for obvious reasons. So I'd conclude that, broadly speaking, the TIOBE index isn't that far wide of the mark.
- VeejayRampay 14y agoMany indicators such as? Pain in your joints and dice rolling?
- batista 14y agoAre you on this internet thing? Many indicators such as things one can see with a naked eye. Book publications, article postings, HN mentions, new projects emerging, peak blog/media coverage, etc etc. Advocates of some language would like to thing it is eternal, but every single language has had ups and then downs in popularity, with some going away almost entirely, like Smalltalk, or slowly fading, like Perl and tcl, and others coming and going out of vogue.
- jonathansizz 14y agoThe usual popularity measures: sites like TIOBE that attempt to measure popularity directly; sites like Ohloh (referenced in the article) which track code commits; and publisher's sales figures e.g. O'Reilly all suggest that Ruby has declined in popularity.