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Re:The Machine That Builds Itself: The Strengths of the Lisp... by nordsieck on Monday July 02, 2018 @04:53AM (#17440205)
> Every metric I can check says it is going downhill.

I've seen a fair number of metrics that show it's losing market share on a proportional basis, but holding steady on an absolute basis. Have you seen anything to contradict this?

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Re:The Machine That Builds Itself: The Strengths of the Lisp... by wool_gather on Monday July 02, 2018 @08:25PM (#17446523)
Shouldn't the proportion be your concern (assuming you actually have a horse in the race)? Steady absolute numbers basically indicates that nobody new is choosing it, which is just the first step to a decline of those absolute numbers.
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Re:The Machine That Builds Itself: The Strengths of the Lisp... by edem on Monday July 02, 2018 @06:38PM (#17445966)
What do you mean by absolute metric?
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Re:The Machine That Builds Itself: The Strengths of the Lisp... by nordsieck on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @12:10AM (#17447459)
A metric based on raw participation numbers rather than one that is inherently relative to other languages.

E.g. the number of commits on Github vs percent of total commits on Github.

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