Walter Bright:

> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1oi8wd/ruby_is_a_dying_language/ccs8yr8

I have found one of the several voices that reminds us of the advantages of dynamic typing:

http://www.srl.inf.ethz.ch/workshop2013/eth-vitek.pdf

(I was away for few days.)

Bye,
bearophile

On Monday, 28 October 2013 at 08:59:59 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> Walter Bright:
>
>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1oi8wd/ruby_is_a_dying_language/ccs8yr8
>
> I have found one of the several voices that reminds us of the advantages of dynamic typing:
>
> http://www.srl.inf.ethz.ch/workshop2013/eth-vitek.pdf
>
> (I was away for few days.)
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

I started getting suspicious at the slide where (s)he claimed
that 9.3% of the world's software uses Objective-C while 9.1% of
the worlds software uses C++.  Thats a lot of people writing apps
for iPhones....

I find that hard to believe, and I don't think that is what TIOBE
is even claiming to begin with. Looking at the current index I
wonder how much stock you can put in those rankings anyway.

Craig

On Monday, 28 October 2013 at 13:06:43 UTC, Craig Dillabaugh
wrote:
> On Monday, 28 October 2013 at 08:59:59 UTC, bearophile wrote:
>> Walter Bright:
>>
>>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1oi8wd/ruby_is_a_dying_language/ccs8yr8
>>
>> I have found one of the several voices that reminds us of the advantages of dynamic typing:
>>
>> http://www.srl.inf.ethz.ch/workshop2013/eth-vitek.pdf
>>
>> (I was away for few days.)
>>
>> Bye,
>> bearophile
>
> I started getting suspicious at the slide where (s)he claimed
> that 9.3% of the world's software uses Objective-C while 9.1% of
> the worlds software uses C++.  Thats a lot of people writing apps
> for iPhones....
>
> I find that hard to believe, and I don't think that is what TIOBE
> is even claiming to begin with. Looking at the current index I
> wonder how much stock you can put in those rankings anyway.
>
> Craig

While I am at it, I should point out that 3 of the top 5
languages according to TIOBE are static.  Not that I put any
stock in what TIOBE claims :o)

And #5 is everyone's favorite PHP (for October 2013)!

Craig