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I also suspect that Github might be a terrible sample of the overall programming community. I'd be curious to find out what the real numbers are if we also take
by BadassFractal 13y ago
I also suspect that Github might be a terrible sample of the overall programming community. I'd be curious to find out what the real numbers are if we also take in consideration the large corp, gov and science conglomerates who might be using anything form COBOL to Ada.
- kyzyl 13y agoYeah, I have to agree. My github account is pretty barren, mostly because the lion share of my work is done professionally on private repos simply sitting on a server behind a firewall. In fact, you'd be amazed at how much code in the wild simply sits in backed up files in someone's ~/src folder. Lots of engineers, especially older ones, never learned that kind of practice. A big chunk of my code is C, C++, VHDL, Verilog, miscellaneous PLC/PAC dialects, etc... in other words, industrial stuff that doesn't get a lot of attention from the 'fun' startup sector. Github's numbers are most likely misrepresenting (not representing?) a HUGE section of 'hard' engineering. Add to that what you've mentioned, i.e. the copious amounts of legacy and domain specific stuff still lying around, and it means you've got a hugely biased sampling.
- petsos 13y agoLarge corporations, governments and science conglomerates that use COBOL and Ada are not part of any community.
- BadassFractal 13y agoIs NASA not a community? I don't know.
- coldtea 13y agoNo, it's a company/organisation.