Given that the rankings are based on search query frequencies and that Google searches seem to be the biggest contributor to the data they use I wonder why they don’t just do a series of Google Trends searches to come up with the relative rankings?
Terry... Sent from my iPad > On 6 Oct 2019, at 11:01 am, JB via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > I just visited the link Richard provided and it shows the following; > > It is important to note that the TIOBE index is not about the best > programming language or the language in which most lines of code have been > written. > > The index can be used to check whether your programming skills are still up > to date or to make a strategic decision about what programming language > should be adopted when starting to build a new software system. The > definition of the TIOBE index can be found here > <https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/programming-languages-definition/>. > > Basically the calculation comes down to counting hits for the search query. > > JB > > >> On Oct 5, 2019, at 3:59 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >>> On 10/5/19 3:36 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote: >>> >>> But this month LC broke new ground: >>> For the first time since I've been tracking TIOBE, LC IS NOW IN THE UPPER >>> 50, ranked as the 49th most popular language: >>> https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ >> >> Great news!, I think... note that the TIOBE rating is based on lines of code >> written, not popularity. >> >> I'm not fond of metrics based on lines of code written. Since LiveCode packs >> so much power into a single statement vs the number of line of code it takes >> to do the same job in most other languages, I'd think that we're actually >> much higher in the standings than a simple quantitative statistic would >> indicate. >> >> What did we knock out of place to get there? I see we're only 0.001% above >> Crystal, whatever that is. >> >> -- >> Mark Wieder >> ahsoftw...@gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
