On Sunday, 3 January 2016 at 15:58:21 UTC, Joakim wrote:
Github has the same problem, btw. I recently spent some time going through the top repositories in this list, and it's surprising how many are miscategorized as D, despite having the source:
Yep, Github isn't neutral, but it is the best source for trending information I know of, although enterprise technologies (Microsoft, Oracle etc) are underrepresented there.
But search engine bias is worse I think. For instance, when I search for javascript technologies I never use the phrase "javascript". I often search for the specific API since JavaScript is so popular that the APIs themselves already get good ranking! But when I search for info on C++ I usually start with "c++" in every single search, since C++ isn't as popular as JavaScript.
Also ranking a search "rust tutorial" fails because Rust already have _very_ good standard documentation, so fewer people need to search for it.
In one instance I also noticed that the search for "d tutorial" matched "d-link tutorial" (how to set up a router). :-) And even "d vitamin tutorial", or something like that. :-D
I think the big swooping "automated data collection" lists are way too noisy to be useful. The timeline on some specific phrases on Google Trends do say something though.
I don't know much about Docker: is most of their stack built on Go, as opposed to a few key components? Also, they value their
If you look at github, you'll see that several of the high ranking Go projects are related to Docker, Kubernetes and such. So Go seems to become a defacto replacement for C in areas where C isn't really neededspeed isn't crucial (e.g. configuration etc).
Not so strange, for companies that deals with a specific application area it makes sense to standardize on one language.
So, commercial uptake appears to be driving Go adoption in the area of "cloud deployment" of various kinds?
