Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
> I'll grant you that's a positive for D, but what I'm talking about is fixation on TIOBE, not just a general awareness that it has made it into the top 20.  My personal opinion is that if you build a great language and community around it that stuff like TIOBE and the network effect will take care of itself.

Back in my younger days, I used to go to nightclubs a lot. Around 9 or so, they'd start the music. Everyone would sit on the sidelines, eying each other, with nobody at all on the floor. They'd even sit leaning forward on their toes, ready to spring up. Eventually, after 10 to 30 minutes, one couple would get on the floor, and suddenly, fwoop, everybody else did, too.

Very few people want to go first. They wait for validation from other people. Tiobe is handy for that - it gives people who are hesitant about D a reason to take a second look.