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C# and Java Weekday Languages, Python and Ruby For Weekends?

Posted by timothy on from the like-a-commercial-for-light-beer dept.

Dan Lorenc writes "Using the StackOverflow.com data dump, I measured the activity of various programming languages throughout the week. The results: Ruby and Python saw a rise in questions asked on the weekend while C# and Java saw a dropoff in activity on the weekend. This means that more programmers are using Python and Ruby on the weekend for their personal projects, showing that these languages are more fun to use. Show this experiment to your boss the next time you are selecting a programming language for a project at work."

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  1. The graph shows no such thing by somenickname · · Score: 0, Troll

    It does however show the following things:

    1) Most home users run BeOS and so are forced to program in Python and Ruby instead of C# and Java during the weekends.
    2) Python and Ruby are only used by children. On the weekdays, those children have homework to do and so ask fewer questions.
    3) Home users don't own Visual Studio and so program in Python and Ruby instead of C# on the weekends. Users that would be programming in Java are too busy trying to get Eclipse working.
    4) Python and Ruby are harder to use so during the weekends when people are working on their own projects, they ask more questions.
    5) No one writes code in Perl. Ever.

  2. Re:I think you're doing it wrong.. by andre_pl · · Score: 0, Troll

    clearly you suck.