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C Programming Language Back At Number 1
derrida writes "After more than 4 years C is back at position number 1 in the TIOBE index. The scores for C have been pretty constant through the years, varying between the 15% and 20% market share for almost 10 years. So the main reason for C's number 1 position is not C's uprise, but the decline of its competitor Java. Java has a long-term downward trend. It is losing ground to other languages running on the JVM. An example of such a language is JavaFX, which is now approaching the top 20."
Your anecdotal evidence it irrefutable.
Damn if you know 20 developers, Groovy must be like 2-3 at least!
Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
Why not? Hell, I know when I want to check out the goings on in programming the first and last place I turn is YouTube.
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
> This is the true spirit of our times. Any publicity is good publicity.
People falsely accused of pedophilia would beg to differ.
C rising due to global warming. Film at 11.
Java is extremely portable. A Java application can be run anywhere someone wrote a VM for it in C or C++.
The cake is a pie
And nothing more nightmarish than bad assembly.
(I (disagree (there (is (a (missing) (parenthesis (somewhere)) in)) (your Lisp code)))
And signals raise from the dead.
Because with Java - I generally do not need to search the web for the answer. However, take C# for instance, and depending on which OS I'm running on, I may have to run 20 or 30 searches for every single answer, because I thought I might have it - but won't know until I try it whether it works for 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, or 3.51....etc.
The cesspool just got a check and balance.
Yeah, they do keep saying that. I'm also sure that they can point to dozens of people who stopped iPad development and switched to Android. Somehow, the iPhone and iPad will have to get by with the tens of thousands who remain...
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Huh, I could've sworn Java was over 18 by now. Oops.
10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10
Well it could have been worse.
Speaking of which, C now stands for Citigroup according to Google.
Huh? Your search shows "C programming language" as the first hit. "C is for cookie" comes before the citigroup hits.
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
> Film at 11.
You're off by 1. The film is actually at 10.
Meh. When I want to show people how bad perl is, I just open up a text editor. Mash my face against the keyboard a couple of times. Then point out that the resulting gibberish is valid perl.
You mean other than assembly?
I write ISAPI filters to serve up WebGL enabled sites you insensitive clod!
I'd totally date myself if I could reproduce asexually.
Yeah, other than assembly is implied ;-)
I do not want to write drivers in asm... ughhh.
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Well, you're like, entitled to your own opinion, man.
Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool.
But at least FORTRAN was written in C! Right? Right?
Lisp'ers just need you to cons() them into a good palette edit. So take 'em out of their nest in your cars() to an indentist, and C to it. Make sure you get parenthetical permission first, though.
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
The ultimate imperative language is, of course, Klingon.
Why, are they Catholic?
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
Suggested title: An Inconvenient Knuth
If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duckX_$3[0#GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT
Who ordered that?
C'mon. Be serious.
I do 50% of my coding in C and since the time a hooded man told me "Use the snprintf(), Luke!" I never had a problem :D
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
Untill they use twitter as well, these numbers means nothing!
This.
C has no this; this is a C++ and Java and JavaScript thing.
Does that make C a cougar?