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C Programming Language Back At Number 1

Posted by kdawson on from the doin'-what-we-always-did dept.

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."

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  1. Re:0.007% by corbettw · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  2. Re:TIOBE methodology is so flawed it's pointless by MrMista_B · · Score: 5, Funny

    > This is the true spirit of our times. Any publicity is good publicity.

    People falsely accused of pedophilia would beg to differ.

  3. Re:Submitter bias: Java's "downward trend" by ozbird · · Score: 5, Funny

    C rising due to global warming. Film at 11.

  4. Re:Why C? by ucblockhead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Java is extremely portable. A Java application can be run anywhere someone wrote a VM for it in C or C++.

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  5. Re:Java is crap anyway by Culture20 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And nothing more nightmarish than bad assembly.

    (I (disagree (there (is (a (missing) (parenthesis (somewhere)) in)) (your Lisp code)))

  6. Re:TIOBE methodology is so flawed it's pointless by Trepidity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Huh, I could've sworn Java was over 18 by now. Oops.

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  7. Re:Java is crap anyway by Courageous · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well it could have been worse.

    <I><disagree><there><is><a><missing><parenthesis><somewhere><in><your><lisp><code></code></lisp></your></in></somewhere></parenthesis></missing></a></is></there></disagree></I>

  8. Re:Submitter bias: Java's "downward trend" by Hooya · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Film at 11.

    You're off by 1. The film is actually at 10.

  9. Re:Java is crap anyway by Score+Whore · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  10. Re:But what about Johnny Mathis versus Diet Pepsi? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I write ISAPI filters to serve up WebGL enabled sites you insensitive clod!

  11. Re:Submitter bias: Java's "downward trend" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Suggested title: An Inconvenient Knuth