Poll: Language Use

Re:Poll: Language Use by cperciva on Saturday December 05, 2009 @04:01PM (#978618)

The table at 20:55 UTC, sorted by points:

  Javascript	147 points
  Python	116 points
  Ruby		 81 points
  C		 72 points
  Java		 71 points
  PHP		 64 points
  C++		 44 points
  C#		 37 points
  Perl		 27 points
  Clojure	 26 points
  Haskell	 18 points
  Lisp		 18 points
  Scheme	 16 points
  Erlang	 11 points
  Lua		  7 points
  Ocaml		  7 points
  Coldfusion	  2 points
  Go		  2 points
  Arc		  1 point
  Fortran	  1 point
  Smalltalk	  1 point
  D		  0 points
  Other		 43 points

Mostly as I expected, but a couple of things surprise me: I thought perl would be closer to Python and PHP; I didn't think C# would get nearly so many votes; and I would never have guessed that Clojure would make the top 10.

I'm relieved to see that C narrowly beat Java for 4th place, but I'm a bit disappointed by the performance of Scheme, Erlang, and Arc -- even though I don't use them myself, I figured that more people here would.

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Re:Poll: Language Use by aaronblohowiak on Saturday December 05, 2009 @07:18PM (#978885)

Sometimes, our community makes us forget how marginal we are.

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Re:Poll: Language Use by rbanffy on Sunday December 06, 2009 @08:46AM (#979509)

The Secret Weapon User Group never was a very large one.

It's a natural consequence.

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Re:Poll: Language Use by staunch on Saturday December 05, 2009 @09:41PM (#979041)

    Javascript            372 (17.72%)
    Python                315 (15.01%)
    Ruby                  221 (10.53%)
    C                     191 (9.10%)
    Java                  182 (8.67%)
    PHP                   167 (7.96%)
    C++                   124 (5.91%)
    Other                 121 (5.76%)
    C#                     82 (3.91%)
    Perl                   70 (3.33%)
    Clojure                53 (2.53%)
    Lisp                   42 (2.00%)
    Haskell                37 (1.76%)
    Scheme                 34 (1.62%)
    Erlang                 31 (1.48%)
    Lua                    16 (0.76%)
    Ocaml                  11 (0.52%)
    Go                      7 (0.33%)
    Arc                     7 (0.33%)
    Fortran                 5 (0.24%)
    Smalltalk               5 (0.24%)
    Coldfusion              4 (0.19%)
    D                       2 (0.10%)
    2099 points over 23 options

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Re:Poll: Language Use by DougBTX on Sunday December 06, 2009 @08:16AM (#979484)

In comparison against the TIOBE Programming Community Index for December 2009:

    Javascript            372 (17.72%)  [  3.515%]
    Python                315 (15.01%)  [  5.185%]
    Ruby                  221 (10.53%)  [  2.653%]
    C                     191 (9.10%)   [ 16.285%]
    Java                  182 (8.67%)   [ 17.061%]
    PHP                   167 (7.96%)   [  9.770%]
    C++                   124 (5.91%)   [  9.175%]
    Other                 121 (5.76%)    --
    C#                     82 (3.91%)   [  6.258%]
    Perl                   70 (3.33%)   [  2.692%]
    Clojure                53 (2.53%)   [  0.881% / 3?]
    Lisp                   42 (2.00%)   [  0.881% / 3?]
    Haskell                37 (1.76%)   [  0.190%]
    Scheme                 34 (1.62%)   [  0.881% / 3?]
    Erlang                 31 (1.48%)   [  0.277%]
    Lua                    16 (0.76%)   [  0.585%]
    Ocaml                  11 (0.52%)   [ < 0.15%]
    Go                      7 (0.33%)   [      ??]
    Arc                     7 (0.33%)   [ < 0.15%]
    Fortran                 5 (0.24%)   [  0.425%]
    Smalltalk               5 (0.24%)   [  0.150%]
    Coldfusion              4 (0.19%)   [      ??]
    D                       2 (0.10%)   [  0.587%]

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