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Re:Viability of Unpopular Programming Languages (2018) by hota_mazi on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @07:06PM (#22754469)
> It was interesting to observe that since this was written, both F# (from 67 to 32) and Lisp (63 to 29) have risen dramatically on the TIOBE index.

The TIOBE index is pretty much meaningless for any language below the #5 spot, under which the percentages are so infinitesimal that the ordering is completely useless.

For example, a jump from 63 to 29 means the market share for Lisp went from to 0.12% to 0.37%, and I suspect the error margin is several times that delta.

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Re:Viability of Unpopular Programming Languages (2018) by Cybiote on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @11:39PM (#22756004)
That's a great point. I also observed that and the fact ratings seem fairly volatile outside the top 10. I was only noting positional changes of the languages mentioned in the article over time.

Its main point of other reasons to to choose a language than popularity is well taken but I do not thinking making using of the TIOBE index as it does argues this well.

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