Objective-C Enters Top Ten In Language Popularity

bonch writes "Objective-C has entered the top 10 of the Tiobe Programming Community Index. Last year, it was at #39. The huge jump is attributed to its use in iPhone and iPad development. C, of which Objective-C is a strict superset, has reclaimed the #1 spot from Java, which slides to #2. Tiobe also explains how it determines its rankings."

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Tiobe also explains how it determines it rankings

[Colin Smith]

Don't they just google it like the rest of us?

 

Re:"how it determines it rankings"

[scuzzlebutt]

I'm sorry for your lots.

Re:Where are the C development jobs?

[ClosedSource]

Unfortunately the number of projects that require people who can program right down to the metal has also been dropping each year.

Objective-C jumped up on the basis

[ClosedSource]

of all the posts on Slashdot saying how much it sucks.

Most popular language isn't C

[AdmiralXyz]

If Tiobe's website is to be believed, the #1 programming language right now is Whitespace.

Re:Most popular language isn't C

[blair1q]

And the most popular drink is spit, and the most popular song is "why won't this compiiiii-iiiile?" and the most popular slashdot reply is "Page Down".

Re:Where are the C development jobs?

[Chris Burke]

Where are the C development jobs? I have strong C skills, but everything is Java/C++/PHP/Ruby/worse.

Worse? Fortran? Cobol? Ada?

Dare I say, Intercal?

Brainfuck?!

Re:What language for business logic?

[spazdor]

Pseudocode.

(where "automatically" = "delegated to PFY intern.")

Re:Tiobe also explains how it determines it rankin

[chargersfan420]

Agreed. My first thought was, "Yay, I'm not the only idiot out there programming with VB!", but after reading that, it's more like, "Yay, I'm not the only idiot out there having problems coding with VB!"

Re:Where are the C development jobs?

[Locke2005]

Visual Cobol.

Re:Tiobe also explains how it determines it rankin

[Anonymous Coward]

What can I say about Objective-C programming, I like, Objective-C programming, but Objective-C programming, is not quite as fun as non-Objective-C programming.

Actually, I have never performed Objective-C programming, but I think, Objective-C programming is quite useful for application domains specific to Objective-C programming.

Have you ever tried Objective-C programming, Apple likes to talk about Objective-C programming, but I'm not sure that Objective-C programming is right for me...?

Objective-C programming may well be right for everyone,

God Bless Objective-C programming

Re:Tiobe also explains how it determines it rankin

[blair1q]

But they do count prime-time programming, which is always more popular than the other kinds.

Re:As the Fark crowd likes to say

[siloko]

Javascript is not a language it is a kind of toffee apple . . .

Re:Strict Superset?

[putaro]

The whip and high heels.

Re:Tiobe also explains how it determines it rankin

[pizzach]

ARGH! Stop artificially inflating VB's results by using VB's name twice in a post!

Re:Tiobe also explains how it determines it rankin

[deniable]

Hey, there are a lot of people who prefer VB. Matter of fact, I'm not one.

Re:As an old C programmer, let me say...

[shutdown -p now]

Surely, as an old C programmer, you rather intended to say:

main(argc, argv)
  int argc;
  char **argv;
{
  stroke_beard();
  printf("w00t!\n");
  triple_contracting_rate();
}

Re:Where are the C development jobs?

[JoeMerchant]

The chip vendors won't even send out a salesman if your projected volume is only 100k.

You must be exceptionally rude to them, I can't get them to stay away and our volume is sub-thousand.