Python is becoming the world’s most popular programming language

Re:Python is becoming the world’s most popular programming l... by martinsbalodis on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @03:15AM (#18182667)

I was thinking the same thing. Their google search language comparison is probably incorrect. For example no one includes the keyword "javascript" when searching for nodejs or react. Instead they should have used Stackoverflow's developer survey results.

From an article that analyzes Stackoverflow's developer survey results[1]:

  1. JavaScript
  2. HTML
  3. CSS
  4. SQL
  5. Java
  6. Bash/Shell
  7. Python
  8. C#
  9. PHP
  10. C++

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/14-most-popular-programming-...

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Re:Python is becoming the world’s most popular programming l... by cm2187 on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @03:27AM (#18182736)

But nodejs and react aren’t programming languages. No one is including “c#” when searching for spreadsheetgear, asp.net or wpf even though they are .net libraries and frameworks.

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Re:Python is becoming the world’s most popular programming l... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @03:37AM (#18182800)

Precisely the point. If you don't count searches for popular libraries and frameworks into their respective language buckets, the results are mostly bullshit, and at best probably reflect the undergrad curriculum.

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Re:Python is becoming the world’s most popular programming l... by cimmanom on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @05:33AM (#18183301)

Yeah, JavaScript also has too many names for the language itself. I mean, I search for “Django” or “Python 3” instead of “Python” half the time. But with JS, if I’m looking for info about the language itself it’s usually with the keyword “ES6” instead of “JavaScript”.

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Re:Python is becoming the world’s most popular programming l... by goatlover on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @08:17AM (#18184104)

However, when I'm searching for Python, it's Pandas, Matplotlib or Numpy most of the time.

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Re:Python is becoming the world’s most popular programming l... by realusername on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @03:19AM (#18182692)

Yes that list sounds much more realistic to me.

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