On 11/20/2012 05:52 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
This probably doesn't mean all that much, but I find it interesting that Go is
only slightly ahead of D when comparing d programming and go programming, and
D is only slightly ahead of Go when comparing "d programming and "go
programming":
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=d+programming&word2=go+programming
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=%22d+programming%22&word2=%22go+programming%22
The hit count when using parens is pretty low though. Regardless, I find it
somewhat interesting that D and Go are getting such similar search results in
terms of numbers. Given that it's from google, I would have expected Go to do
better than it's doing in comparison to us (though it's quite possible that
the search for Go is returning more useful hits).
You're right, it doesn't mean much. What you are doing is essentially
what TIOBE does. Given the generality of "D" and "go", you're measuring
ambiguous results, as you allude to in your last remark. You might
remember the last time TIOBE came up, with the big announcement that D
had cracked the top 20 in a big swing. I don't recall seeing an
announcement when D plummeted back down to the 30s.
If you want to say how well a language is doing, show me the jobs. Both
languages are niche in that department.
