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TIOBE Declares Python the Programming Language of 2007

Posted by timothy on from the welcome-to-the-annual-proggie-awards dept.

The TIOBE Programming Community Index has declared Python as the Programming Language of 2007 due to a 58% surge in its popularity rating during the year, making it now the sixth most popular programming language and finally surpassing Perl. They also assert that Python has become the "defacto glue language," being "especially beloved by system administrators and build managers."

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  1. Re:Hmmm by reSonans · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm hate python.

    Man, you take this stuff seriously. Changing your name is hardcore.

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    Light the blue touch-paper and retire immediately.
  2. Re:Maybe we will see more Web by SkelVA · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I just picked up django two weeks ago and I'm loving it. I'm converting a PHP project slowly, and as an anecdote on how much more productive django is than PHP (for me):

    I had some features I had estimated out in PHP (over the last 6 months my estimates have been pretty dang close), and I implemented several of them in Django/python instead. I averaged beating my PHP estimate by 1/3rd, and that's including the time I spent trying to learn how the heck to do things in Django. I can't wait to see how things look once I've got at least an intermediate understanding of my framework. I don't hate PHP, I just love python much more.

  3. Re:Maybe we will see more Web by SkelVA · · Score: 5, Informative

    Perhaps you learned something the first time you solved the problem which helps you solve the same problem quicker the second time?

    That would definitely effect any re-implementation I had to do. I probably didn't make myself clear, but the efficiency was gained on 100% new code adding a new set of basically standalone features (A quizzing module added to a document control system). Of course, the efficiency gain was over my estimates, and they're subject to the accuracy of my initial estimates. I've been using the trac timing and estimation plugin to track my estimations over this project though, and they've been pretty dead-on (especially the last couple months).

    When I go back and do re-implementation of features already present in PHP, I should only expect big gains coming from being able to just port code instead of design. I would really like to see more empirical evidence on the topic myself, but all I have to go on is my personal data.