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Re:Language popularity: It’s not about search engine result ... by cgb on Monday April 09, 2012 @06:12PM (#3819509)
The search results can also depend on the titles of popular books. "The C programming language" matches the TIOBE pattern, "Programming in Scala" does not.
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Re:Language popularity: It’s not about search engine result ... by rabbitfang on Tuesday April 10, 2012 @02:03AM (#3820932)
In the case of Tiobe one of the problems is that Scala programmers don't typically say "Scala programming", but rather "Programming Scala" or "Programming in Scala" which maps back to the book titles. Tiobe searches for the specific string "Scala programming"
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