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Re:What are the top programming languages? The fastest growing? by owinebar on Thursday May 17, 2007 @11:10PM (#22946)
Interesting data. My first reaction was that lisp and scheme are still underutilized and underappreciated.

But then, the metrics he's using wouldn't count downloads of the PLT books, or Shriram Krishnamurthi's Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation, and it's not clear SICP or EOPL would be counted as Scheme books in their reckoning. And that's assuming you accept popularity as a useful metric.

Re:What are the top programming languages? The fastest growing? by far33d on Friday May 18, 2007 @02:50AM (#22986)
Every time I hear someone mention shriram's book I regret not taking his class when I had the chance.