It was nice to read Walter's article from 2014...
Wonder who posted it, and how long it will stay in the visibility range, but it was a nice feeling to see it at the top.

--
Sameer

> Is D really a top 20 language? I don't remember seeing it anywhere close to the top 20.

> https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ has them in 31

Top comment is kind of depressing.

On Sunday, 3 June 2018 at 16:58:23 UTC, Sameer Pradhan wrote:
> It was nice to read Walter's article from 2014...
> Wonder who posted it, and how long it will stay in the visibility range, but it was a nice feeling to see it at the top.
>
> --
> Sameer

Hi Sameer, I just discovered it today and posted it afterwards. Then, looked into this forum and surprise ;) .

However, I don't plan on jumping into D right now because I'm starting to use Elixir/OTP seriously at GSoC and between that and the finals at uni there's little time left.

Jakub

On Sunday, 3 June 2018 at 17:40:46 UTC, I love Ice Cream wrote:
>> Is D really a top 20 language? I don't remember seeing it anywhere close to the top 20.
>
>> https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ has them in 31
>
> Top comment is kind of depressing.

Tiobe is based on Google searches, so it's not relevant anymore.

On Sunday, 3 June 2018 at 20:12:03 UTC, JakubJ wrote:
> On Sunday, 3 June 2018 at 16:58:23 UTC, Sameer Pradhan wrote:
>> It was nice to read Walter's article from 2014...
>> Wonder who posted it, and how long it will stay in the visibility range, but it was a nice feeling to see it at the top.
>>
>> --
>> Sameer
>
> Hi Sameer, I just discovered it today and posted it afterwards. Then, looked into this forum and surprise ;) .

:-)

> However, I don't plan on jumping into D right now because I'm starting to use Elixir/OTP seriously at GSoC and between that and the finals at uni there's little time left.

In case you missed it, Walter did an AMA and answered some of the issues raised in the HN comments.

On Monday, 4 June 2018 at 11:14:42 UTC, bauss wrote:
> On Sunday, 3 June 2018 at 17:40:46 UTC, I love Ice Cream wrote:
>>> Is D really a top 20 language? I don't remember seeing it anywhere close to the top 20.
>>
>>> https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ has them in 31
>>
>> Top comment is kind of depressing.
>
> Tiobe is based on Google searches, so it's not relevant anymore.

Since when is Google not relevant?

On 05/06/2018 3:56 AM, I love Ice Cream wrote:
> On Monday, 4 June 2018 at 11:14:42 UTC, bauss wrote:
>> On Sunday, 3 June 2018 at 17:40:46 UTC, I love Ice Cream wrote:
>>>> Is D really a top 20 language? I don't remember seeing it anywhere close to the top 20.
>>>
>>>> https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ has them in 31
>>>
>>> Top comment is kind of depressing.
>>
>> Tiobe is based on Google searches, so it's not relevant anymore.
> 
> Since when is Google not relevant?

Google modifies search results per person/client and can hide results out right if it chooses to (unconfirmed, but its a good guess).

When it comes to analysis it does not qualify as a research source anymore. It is merely a starting point for your research and does not play a major role.

On Monday, 4 June 2018 at 16:05:24 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> On 05/06/2018 3:56 AM, I love Ice Cream wrote:
>> On Monday, 4 June 2018 at 11:14:42 UTC, bauss wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 3 June 2018 at 17:40:46 UTC, I love Ice Cream wrote:
>>>>> Is D really a top 20 language? I don't remember seeing it anywhere close to the top 20.
>>>>
>>>>> https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ has them in 31
>>>>
>>>> Top comment is kind of depressing.
>>>
>>> Tiobe is based on Google searches, so it's not relevant anymore.
>> 
>> Since when is Google not relevant?
>
> Google modifies search results per person/client and can hide results out right if it chooses to (unconfirmed, but its a good guess).
>
> When it comes to analysis it does not qualify as a research source anymore. It is merely a starting point for your research and does not play a major role.

It seems you guys are undercutting the results because you don't like them:

> The index covers searches in Google, Google Blogs, MSN, Yahoo!, Baidu, Wikipedia and YouTube.

On Monday, 4 June 2018 at 19:17:47 UTC, I love Ice Cream wrote:
> It seems you guys are undercutting the results because you don't like them:

Never mind that it is a commonly accepted criticism of the Tiobe index. Someone on the internet wants to strawman, so it must be valid!

(The only source you listed there that would give unbiased search results is Wikipedia. Every other aggregate engine weighs results per user.

On Monday, 4 June 2018 at 19:17:47 UTC, I love Ice Cream wrote:
> On Monday, 4 June 2018 at 16:05:24 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
>> On 05/06/2018 3:56 AM, I love Ice Cream wrote:
>>> On Monday, 4 June 2018 at 11:14:42 UTC, bauss wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, 3 June 2018 at 17:40:46 UTC, I love Ice Cream wrote:
>>>>>> Is D really a top 20 language? I don't remember seeing it anywhere close to the top 20.
>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ has them in 31
>>>>>
>>>>> Top comment is kind of depressing.
>>>>
>>>> Tiobe is based on Google searches, so it's not relevant anymore.
>>> 
>>> Since when is Google not relevant?
>>
>> Google modifies search results per person/client and can hide results out right if it chooses to (unconfirmed, but its a good guess).
>>
>> When it comes to analysis it does not qualify as a research source anymore. It is merely a starting point for your research and does not play a major role.
>
> It seems you guys are undercutting the results because you don't like them:
>
>> The index covers searches in Google, Google Blogs, MSN, Yahoo!, Baidu, Wikipedia and YouTube.

http://githut.info/

http://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html

http://sogrady-media.redmonk.com/sogrady/files/2018/03/lang.rank_.118.png

https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/the-2017-top-programming-languages

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2016

Looks consistent with other results.