Comment on The Top Programming Languages 2023

wth@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• lysdexic@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Keep in mind that this is for « typical IEEE members », which I am pretty sure is not a great representative sample of programmers in general.

  It’s still way better than counting references in YouTube and twitter.

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  • wth@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The lists are quite similar with a slight reordering in the top 7 or 8. But there is one interesting difference:

    IEEE: Python, Java, C++, C, JS, SQL, Go TIOBE: Python, C, C++, Java, C#, JS, VB (!), SQL

    In IEEE, VB is way way down the list. Do IEEE members use VB less?

    I’m always amazed that C still scores so high, but I’ve been told there is a lot of embedded work still going on.

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    • lysdexic@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In IEEE, VB is way way down the list. Do IEEE members use VB less?

      TIOBE measures social media chatter. Odds are there are far more people posting noise about VB just due to the low barrier of entry.

      Also if I recall correctly VB is heavily used to customize Excel spreadsheets, which contributes to a larger potential userbase than any programming language.

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m still not totally convinced TIOBE can accurately determine if something is C or C++.

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• ImpossibleRubiksCube@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not unheard of. I used to be one.

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  • wth@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I am one… but I’m the only one I know at my company and socially.

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