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Re:Python overtakes Java to become the second-most popular p... by DJHenk on Thursday November 05, 2020 @07:54AM (#24997807)
Well, if you take away HTML/CSS and SQL, because most people would not call them programming languages, Python still comes in second, right above Java. So it's alright.
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Re:Python overtakes Java to become the second-most popular p... by wil421 on Thursday November 05, 2020 @08:11AM (#24997917)
How could they even include HTML/CSS? A huge majority of people who are using Python, Java, .net, and JavaScript are going to answer yes to those.

SQL is justified though. I’ve met quite a few BAs or DBAs who can do magic in a sql developer suite but don’t have a programming bone in their body.

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Re:Python overtakes Java to become the second-most popular p... by Retric on Thursday November 05, 2020 @09:25AM (#24998467)
IMO, this is one of those theory vs practice things. CSS is turing-complete, but that’s really not how it’s used. So, excluding CSS really should also exclude SQL, though not TSQL.
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