On Jan 10, 9:24 pm, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> About JavaScript's popularity:
> 1) I've been getting the impression that JavaScript is popular in a
> manner similar to how x86 machine language is popular: That is, it's
> used all over, but few people hand code it (though admittedly, there
> are proba
On Jan 10, 1:43 pm, Alice Bevan–McGregor wrote:
> On 2011-01-10 13:02:09 -0800, MRAB said:
>
> Wikipedia is a Wiki; everyone is free to contribute and correct mistakes.
>
> - Alice.
Except for some of us.
I tried to make a correction to a chemistry Wikipedia entry several
months back. I
In article ,
Alice BevanMcGregor wrote:
> On 2011-01-10 19:49:47 -0800, Roy Smith said:
>
> > One of the surprising (to me, anyway) uses of JavaScript is as the
> > scripting language for MongoDB (http://www.mongodb.org/).
>
> I just wish they'd drop spidermonkey and go with V8 or another, f
On 2011-01-10 19:49:47 -0800, Roy Smith said:
One of the surprising (to me, anyway) uses of JavaScript is as the
scripting language for MongoDB (http://www.mongodb.org/).
I just wish they'd drop spidermonkey and go with V8 or another, faster
and more modern engine. :(
- Alice.
--
On 2011-01-12, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 1/12/2011 9:51 AM, Colin J. Williams wrote:
>
>>> It shows an example of Python code, which happens to have 2 syntax
>>> errors!
>>
>> Why not correct the Wikipedia entry?
>
> As I reported early, the errors, if any, are in .png and .svg images of
> text, wh
> As I reported early, the errors, if any, are in .png and .svg images of
> text, which would have to be replaced, not corrected. Would be good
> since the imaged snippet is a haphazard except from a much larger file
> and inane out of context.
I don't think it really is a big deal. I mean, this i
On 1/12/2011 9:51 AM, Colin J. Williams wrote:
It shows an example of Python code, which happens to have 2 syntax
errors!
Why not correct the Wikipedia entry?
As I reported early, the errors, if any, are in .png and .svg images of
text, which would have to be replaced, not corrected. Would
On 10-Jan-11 16:02 PM, MRAB wrote:
On 10/01/2011 20:29, Dan Stromberg wrote:
I invite folks to check out Tiobe's Language Popularity Rankings:
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
The gist is: Python grew faster than any other programming language
over the last year
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Sachin Kumar Sharma wrote:
> Since this discussion is going on about the popularity of a programming
> language.
>
> I would like to know views regarding the best language for scientific
> programming especially in terms of user friendliness, resources available,
>
half Of Octavian
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Subject: Re: Python use growing fast
From: "Gerry Reno"
> On 01/10/2011 08:31 PM, Katie T wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:29 PM, John Nagle wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/10/2011
From: "Gerry Reno"
On 01/10/2011 08:31 PM, Katie T wrote:
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:29 PM, John Nagle wrote:
On 1/10/2011 1:02 PM, MRAB wrote:
On 10/01/2011 20:29, Dan Stromberg wrote:
I invite folks to check out Tiobe's Language Popularity Rankings:
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/cont
In article ,
Dan Stromberg wrote:
> About JavaScript's popularity:
> 1) I've been getting the impression that JavaScript is popular in a
> manner similar to how x86 machine language is popular: That is, it's
> used all over, but few people hand code it (though admittedly, there
> are probably mo
On 01/10/2011 10:24 PM, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Krzysztof Bieniasz
> wrote:
>>> Also depends on how one defines "popularity" in the context of
>>> programming languages.
>>
>> Tiobe quite clearly states what they mean by the name "popularity".
>> Namely the number o
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Krzysztof Bieniasz
wrote:
>> Also depends on how one defines "popularity" in the context of
>> programming languages.
>
> Tiobe quite clearly states what they mean by the name "popularity".
> Namely the number of Google search results of expressions like
> "program
On 01/10/2011 08:31 PM, Katie T wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:29 PM, John Nagle wrote:
>
>> On 1/10/2011 1:02 PM, MRAB wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/01/2011 20:29, Dan Stromberg wrote:
>>>
I invite folks to check out Tiobe's Language Popularity Rankings:
http://www.tiobe.
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:29 PM, John Nagle wrote:
> On 1/10/2011 1:02 PM, MRAB wrote:
>>
>> On 10/01/2011 20:29, Dan Stromberg wrote:
>>>
>>> I invite folks to check out Tiobe's Language Popularity Rankings:
>>>
>>> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
>
> That's so
> Also depends on how one defines "popularity" in the context of
> programming languages.
Tiobe quite clearly states what they mean by the name "popularity".
Namely the number of Google search results of expressions like
"programming X" for X in languages. If no one in the Web writes about
prog
On 1/10/2011 4:43 PM, Alice Bevan–McGregor wrote:
It shows an example of Python code, which happens to have 2 syntax
errors!
Wikipedia is a Wiki; everyone is free to contribute and correct mistakes.
The errors, if there, are in .png and .svg images of a random,
unrunnable snippet that will
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:29 PM, John Nagle wrote:
> On 1/10/2011 1:02 PM, MRAB wrote:
>>
>> On 10/01/2011 20:29, Dan Stromberg wrote:
>>>
>>> I invite folks to check out Tiobe's Language Popularity Rankings:
>>>
>>> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
>
> That's som
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 2:29 PM, John Nagle wrote:
> On 1/10/2011 1:02 PM, MRAB wrote:
>>
>> On 10/01/2011 20:29, Dan Stromberg wrote:
>>>
>>> I invite folks to check out Tiobe's Language Popularity Rankings:
>>>
>>> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
>
> That's som
On 1/10/2011 1:02 PM, MRAB wrote:
On 10/01/2011 20:29, Dan Stromberg wrote:
I invite folks to check out Tiobe's Language Popularity Rankings:
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
That's somehow derived from web searches, not from any real data
source. Look how
> I invite folks to check out Tiobe's Language Popularity Rankings:
>
> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
>
> The gist is: Python grew faster than any other programming language over
> the last year, according to this (slightly arbitrary, but better than no
> indica
On 2011-01-10 13:02:09 -0800, MRAB said:
On 10/01/2011 20:29, Dan Stromberg wrote:
...despite our wikipedia page whose first paragraph almost seems like
it was written with the intention of scaring off new converts, with its
"unusual" comment...
Indentation as a syntatitical structure is not
On 10/01/2011 20:29, Dan Stromberg wrote:
I invite folks to check out Tiobe's Language Popularity Rankings:
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
The gist is: Python grew faster than any other programming language
over the last year, according to this (slightly arbitr
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