John writes: > David Andrews wrote: > > According to TIOBE > > (http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html) > > Ruby is the 10th most popular programming language today. > And rising, 9th today. > > Java is #1 and COBOL is #15. Check it out and see where > > your favorite language rates with the masses! > > ?? Really? > Javascript seems to be in every web page I don't write myself.
I think that JavaScript is used by web developers, not programmers. :-) > I might be out of touch, but I'd have put C at the top. It appears to me that many/most college computer science departments teach Java as the first language - sometimes as effectively the only language. Perhaps that's why C is in 2nd place. Note that Pascal is coming up fast! It moved from 22nd place to 15th place in a year. --henry schaffer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
