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Re:TIOBE Index for January 2016 by brightball on Friday January 08, 2016 @08:58AM (#10864819)
How in the world did Go drop out of the top 50 based on everything in the news this past year.
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Re:TIOBE Index for January 2016 by mkozlows on Friday January 08, 2016 @10:57AM (#10865733)
Look, Go might be gaining in popularity, but there's just no way it could compete with behemoths like Apex, Ladder Logic, and ABAP.
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Re:TIOBE Index for January 2016 by w8rbt on Friday January 08, 2016 @03:37PM (#10868021)
This is the epitome of sarcasm.
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Re:TIOBE Index for January 2016 by SloopJon on Friday January 08, 2016 @09:29AM (#10865043)
thegeekpirate mentioned in the "Why I Love Rust" discussion that TIOBE filters out false positives for Go by only matching it along with "Google":

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10863654

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Re:TIOBE Index for January 2016 by unexpand on Friday January 08, 2016 @09:18AM (#10864960)
Exactly that's what I thought. I was assuming Go, Rust had lot of traction this year.
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Re:TIOBE Index for January 2016 by w8rbt on Friday January 08, 2016 @03:36PM (#10868007)
I came away wondering the same thing. Makes no sense.
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