The sections that describe the measurements say things like: "This is a fairly crude approximation of popularity, however, it's worth including, because all ot

The sections that describe the measurements say things like: "This is a fairly crude approximation of popularity, however, it's worth including, because all other things being equal, the more popular a language is, the more pages will exist mentioning it." "Popular languages are used more in industry, and consequently, people post job listings that seek individuals with experience in those languages. " "Books are also a lagging indicator, but a good way to eliminate languages that aren't "established"." Those statements indicate that the measurements are proxies for language popularity. My point is that those statements are not true, that the numbers do not serve as proxies for language popularity. They are not crude proxies, they are not lagging proxies, or any other form of proxy. Most conclusions you could draw from the numbers would be wrong.