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What are you basing that on? They have python as #1 by a large margin, when literally every other language popularity measure has it somewhere down the list be

by asdasf 13y ago

What are you basing that on? They have python as #1 by a large margin, when literally every other language popularity measure has it somewhere down the list below java, C++, PHP, etc. If it were skewed towards "enterprise" users wouldn't we expect to see java, C# and C++ getting boosts rather than python?

meritt 13y ago
Well, I'd argue that Python specifically has a substantial userbase from the mathematics, statistics and econometric world that rarely bleeds over to other languages, and those people tend to exist more densely in larger organizations. It's just a heavily biased article is all. We could do a poll on HN and you'd see a dramatically different landscape. I bet C# wouldn't even register on the graph.
- nctime 13y ago
  >We could do a poll on HN and you'd see a dramatically different landscape. I bet C# wouldn't even register on the graph. You'd lose that bet. Here are two HN polls. http://readwrite.com/2012/06/05/5-ways-to-tell-which-programming-lanugages-are-most-popular#awesm=~ouPepxaWutSQYg http://readwrite.com/2012/06/05/5-ways-to-tell-which-program... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3746692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3746692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6527104 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6527104
  - meritt 13y ago
    Nice, I stand corrected (and definitely would have lost that bed!) That's a considerably larger population of C# users than I would have expected from the startup-centric HN userbase.
- asdasf 13y ago
  >It's just a heavily biased article is all Yes, but as I said I don't see any indication that the bias is towards "enterprise" at all. Python's use in statistics and related fields is quite small compared to its competition in those areas, which don't even show up. So it seems very unreasonable to suggest that is what is giving python a hugely inflated figure just to maintain the notion that there is an "enterprise" bias.

by asdasf 13y ago

meritt 13y ago

Well, I'd argue that Python specifically has a substantial userbase from the mathematics, statistics and econometric world that rarely bleeds over to other languages, and those people tend to exist more densely in larger organizations. It's just a heavily biased article is all. We could do a poll on HN and you'd see a dramatically different landscape. I bet C# wouldn't even register on the graph.

nctime 13y ago
>We could do a poll on HN and you'd see a dramatically different landscape. I bet C# wouldn't even register on the graph. You'd lose that bet. Here are two HN polls. http://readwrite.com/2012/06/05/5-ways-to-tell-which-programming-lanugages-are-most-popular#awesm=~ouPepxaWutSQYg http://readwrite.com/2012/06/05/5-ways-to-tell-which-program... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3746692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3746692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6527104 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6527104
- meritt 13y ago
  Nice, I stand corrected (and definitely would have lost that bed!) That's a considerably larger population of C# users than I would have expected from the startup-centric HN userbase.
asdasf 13y ago
>It's just a heavily biased article is all Yes, but as I said I don't see any indication that the bias is towards "enterprise" at all. Python's use in statistics and related fields is quite small compared to its competition in those areas, which don't even show up. So it seems very unreasonable to suggest that is what is giving python a hugely inflated figure just to maintain the notion that there is an "enterprise" bias.