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> Cliki was launched, C-L.net, and the #lisp IRC channel was born and Google doesn't see any uptrend: http://www.google.com/trends?q=common+lisp http://www.goo
by nearestneighbor 17y ago
> Cliki was launched, C-L.net, and the #lisp IRC channel was born and
Google doesn't see any uptrend: http://www.google.com/trends?q=common+lisp http://www.google.com/trends?q=common+lisp
- SwellJoe 17y agoNot only that, it's noise compared to a few other dynamic languages: http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl%2C+python%2C+ruby%2C+common+lisp http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl%2C+python%2C+ruby%2C+com...
- nearestneighbor 17y agoI'm not disagreeing, but to be fair, "common lisp" is often referred to as "lisp" or "CL". So the phrase is good for (down)trends, but not for comparisons.
- SwellJoe 17y agoTrue, I should have shortened it to just lisp. Here we go: http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl%2C+python%2C+ruby%2C+lisp http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl%2C+python%2C+ruby%2C+lis... Yep, still noise.
- anthonyb 17y agoI wouldn't put too much faith in the popularity of languages on Google trends when they have names which are commonly used in english. For me, the headlines on the right hand side say it all: Jeff Ruby asks OJ to leave business Ruby on Rails 2.0 Released JFK Documents Include Reported Ruby, Oswald Conversation 23-foot python found basking in sun Former Olympic champion Ruby dies in climbing fall Monty Python reunite Only one of those is related to programming.
- xtho 17y agoThis could also mean that there is neither an opera named "common lisp", nor a comedy group, nor a gemstone fo the same name ... and well perl's fame is waning or fewer people misspell pearl.