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The title is misleading. The linked chart doesn't measure use of programming languages, but online discussion of programming languages. Suppose a chart showed a
by lutusp 12y ago
The title is misleading. The linked chart doesn't measure use of programming languages, but online discussion of programming languages. Suppose a chart showed a decline in online discussion of sex -- would it be rational to assume on that basis that people were having less sex?
Note the checkbox in the linked chart that identifies what it quantifies: "News Headlines". The map is not the territory, and headlines aren't reality.
- y4mi 12y ago> Suppose a chart showed a decline in online discussion of sex -- would it be rational to assume on that basis that people were having less sex? yes. but you could argue that the code quality increases because there are fewer newcomers