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2011's Fastest Growing Language: Objective-C
mikejuk writes "Every January, it is traditional to compare the state of programming language usage as indicated by the TIOBE index. So what's up and what's down this year? The top language is still Java, but it's slowly falling in the percentages. Objective-C experienced the most growth, followed by C# and C. JavaScript climbed back into the top 10, displacing Ruby. Python and PHP experienced the biggest drops. If you like outside runners, then cheer for Lua and R, which have just entered the top 20. However, I have to wonder why Logo is in the top 20 as well. I know programming education is becoming important, but Logo?"
Why was this modded funny? This is the truth -- obj-C is popular because of iOS, not because it is some kind of programming language panacea.
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Who are you to claim that Objective-C is not popular? Have you surveyed every developer in the world to ask them about this? That's a pretty huge presumption on your part when you don't provide evidence either way.