On Wed, 6 May 2009 21:02:58 +0000 (UTC), BCS wrote: > Reply to Georg, > >> D made the May headline on Tiobe: "Programming language D suffers >> sharp fall". You can say that again, D went down 5 places, to below >> languges like RPG(OS/400) and ABAP! >> >> D's loss seems unbelievable. D now has a 0.628% share, which is even >> less than what it's lost (-0.82%) in the last 12 months. What could be >> the reasons for it? Is it even possible to figure out any reason?? >> >> Can this loss induce people to abandon D, and others to not take it >> up, leading to cumulating losses in the coming months? What do we have >> to do to prevent this? >> > > take a look at the graph for RPG(OS/400) and D > > http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/paperinfo/tpci/RPG_(OS_400).html
I wonder if they have accidentally include "RolePlayingGame" programming in the RPG category? For "RPG Programming" I get I get 47,500 hits. For "RPG Programming" + OS/400 I get 9,840 hits. On the surface, it seems that the Tiobe figures a very "rubbery", if not outright dishonest. -- Derek Parnell Melbourne, Australia skype: derek.j.parnell