Why is perl losing its touch?
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Why is perl losing its touch?
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Re: Why is perl losing its touch?
#2The question assumes that the relevant forces weren't in motion much earlier (they were, it just takes time for the basic changes to show up clearly in things like this search)
Re: Why is perl losing its touch?
#3There's a clear contender: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=perl%2C%20python%2C%2...
I also strongly recommend looking at the headlines marked on the graph.
Re: Why is perl losing its touch?
#4This one page isn't a good indicator of a language's popularity. It probably includes results referencing Monty Python, as indicated by the news article headlines, or the animal python.
The TIOBE index might be a better indicator of programming popularity using internet search results:
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index....
but that's still not perfect. You could also look at the number of job postings on sites like Indeed asking for Perl experience.
Re: Why is perl losing its touch?
#5This one page isn't a good indicator of a language's popularity. It probably includes results referencing Monty Python, as indicated by the news article headlines, or the animal python. The TIOBE index might be a better indicator of programming popularity using internet search results: http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.... but that's still not perfect. You could also look at the number of jo…
TIOBE is almost more flawed, since it pretends to be scientific while only querying a bunch of search engines (google, SO, wikipedia) for " programming", which is skewed towards languages that tend to be mentioned with the word, such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language) , as opposed to languages that have a unique enough name, such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP
Re: Why is perl losing its touch?
#6It's fairly obvious that the python programming language results are fairly drowned out by the Monty Python and snake results, as illustrated by all the news headlines shown for python, and by related topics and queries.
That's not to say that the trend shown is entirely incorrect, just that it would be mostly coincidental to the data shown here.
Re: Why is perl losing its touch?
#7This one page isn't a good indicator of a language's popularity. It probably includes results referencing Monty Python, as indicated by the news article headlines, or the animal python. The TIOBE index might be a better indicator of programming popularity using internet search results: http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.... but that's still not perfect. You could also look at the number of jo…
TIOBE is almost more flawed, since it pretends to be scientific while only querying a bunch of search engines (google, SO, wikipedia) for " programming", which is skewed towards languages that tend to be mentioned with the word, such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language) , as opposed to languages that have a unique enough name, such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP
I just looked at that, and apparently F# is more popular than Ruby! As much as I wish that were the case, it's pretty suspect...
Re: Why is perl losing its touch?
#8Any idea on the high interest in Luxembourg?
Due to the financial industry?
Re: Why is perl losing its touch?
#9It's because perl guys doesn't need to google for answers after 10 years.
Re: Why is perl losing its touch?
#10It's fairly obvious that the python programming language results are fairly drowned out by the Monty Python and snake results, as illustrated by all the news headlines shown for python, and by related topics and queries. That's not to say that the trend shown is entirely incorrect, just that it would be mostly coincidental to the data shown here.
Comparing 'perl language' and 'python language' shows a similar trend: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=perl%20language%2C%20...