Re:Dr Dobbs - The Rise And Fall of Languages in 2010
by Zpirate on Sunday February 06, 2011 @04:40PM
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Maybe interfacing to javascript libraries has replaced actual new javascript development and people search for, for instance, "jquery" instead of javascript.
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Re:Dr Dobbs - The Rise And Fall of Languages in 2010
by moomba on Sunday February 06, 2011 @08:43PM
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That seems to be the main problems with these metrics. They aren't looking at the popular libraries that make use of the language. If I search "Android OpenGL development" it should count as a query directed at Java. This survey doesn't seem to do that though.
Re:Dr Dobbs - The Rise And Fall of Languages in 2010
by 51Cards on Sunday February 06, 2011 @06:10PM
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That could very well be the case. Perhaps its position was artificially high as well. The transition from static to dynamic web pages forced a glut of developers to learn it, and hence a lot of searches for answers. Maybe this is just a sign than we're all getting more seasoned in the language on average.