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> C# 6.4 million > SQL 22.7 > COBOL 1.3 million > Fortran 2.7 million > Perl 22 million Refining the searches: RDF -filetype:rdf 5.9 million Java -coffee -Sumatra 55.7 million Comparing with Google data from November 2003 (below), - Perl, COBOL, SQL, FORTRAN, Visual Basic are down - Java is up > If you are going to throw in programming languages then > you may want to check out: > http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm There are some significant differences in trends reported on that page vs. these numbers from an August 2003 survey http://www.webservicessummit.com/Trends/ComputingTrends_part2_files/slide0241.htm That page reported C in fifth place, significantly behind Java and Visual Basic. The TIOBE data shows C as being on the uptick and in first place. It's worth noting Google reports 18 million hits for either of these searches: c programming -tv "(c)" programming -tv ------------------------- Google hits (Nov. 2003) -------------------------- Java 51,600,000 Perl 38,800,000 Visual Basic 36,200,000 C++ 33,600,000 SQL 29,300,000 Javascript 20,100,000 FORTRAN 7,720,000 Python 5,200,000 Pascal 3,760,000 COBOL 2,550,000 Ada 2,380,000 awk 1,440,000 an interesting beauty-contest: ======== Ken North =========== www.WebServicesSummit.com www.SQLSummit.com www.GridSummit.com
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