Microsoft C# named programming language of 2012

IT World ^ | 01/28/2013 | Sophie Curtis, Techworld

[SeekAndFind]

The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language index

The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google : the more a specific language tutorial is searched, the more popular the language is assumed to be. It is a leading indicator. The raw data comes from Google Trends, so that anyone can verify it, or make the analysis for his own country.

If you believe in collective wisdom, the PyPL Popularity of Language index can help you decide which language to study, or which one to use in a new software project. Click on a language in the table below to perform your own popularity analysis for your country.

Position Feb 2013	Position Feb 2012	Delta in position	Programming language	Share in Feb 2013	Delta Feb 2012
1	1		Java	29.0 %	-0.6 %
2	2		PHP	14.6 %	-1.2 %
3	5		C#	10.5 %	+1.8 %
4	6		Python	10.3 %	+1.0 %
5	4		C++	9.8 %	+1.1 %
6	3		C	9.6 %	-0.9 %
7	7		Javascript	7.5 %	-0.2 %
8	8		Visual Basic	3.8 %	-0.7 %
9	9		Ruby	2.9 %	+0.1 %
10	10		Perl	1.9 %	-0.4 %
© 2012 Pierre Carbonnelle			Total:	100.0 %	0.0 %

[SeekAndFind]

A possible interpretation of this diagram is :

• Java and javascript are fairly stable
• which language is taking advantage of PHP's decline, if confirmed ? It's too early to say
• there is a curious dance between C# and C in 2009-2011
• the growth of C# comes at the expense of C++ and Basic
• the growth of Python comes at the expense of Perl

[Olog-hai]

There any resources for C♭?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: There any resources for C♭? Not even sure if such a NOTE exists. :)

[Jeff Chandler]

#10 Perl 1.9 % -0.4 %
.
Perl is pretty much dead. I can’t believe anybody is still using it. . . . oops

[Jeff Chandler]

RE: There any resources for C♭? Not even sure if such a NOTE exists. :) . Of course it does. It's called "B".

[softwarecreator]

I agree with them.  I use, or have used, most of the popular languages (PHP, PERL, C++, Java, Python, etc) and find it to be the best for web and windows applications.

[OneWingedShark]

I contest the result!
Ada 2012 is the language of 2012... it’s even in the name.

Oh, you’re talking about the popularity index.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Perl is pretty much dead. I can’t believe anybody is still using it. . . . oops

I believe this FR site uses Perl.

[Revolting cat!]

See pound? It was supposed to die the year it came out, I remember!

[Revolting cat!]

I believe this FR site uses Perl.

What about the other FR site?

[JRandomFreeper]

The more a specific language tutorial is searched, the more popular the language is assumed to be.

What the heck kind of screwed up metric is that? The more you have to go to the book because of a hard-to-use, lack of logic language the more popular it is?

/johnny

[Jeff Chandler]

I believe this FR site uses Perl.

High praise indeed!

[SeekAndFind]

RE: I use, or have used, most of the popular languages (PHP, PERL, C++, Java, Python, etc) and find it to be the best for web and windows applications.

The MONO PROJECT is a free and open source project who purpose is only to allow developers to be able to run Microsoft .NET applications cross-platform, but also to bring better development tools to Linux developers.

Mono can be run on many software systems including Android (and most other Linux distributions), BSD, iOS, OS X, Windows, Solaris, and some for game consoles such as PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360.

The Mono team actually has a BUILDING provided for them by Microsoft near their HQ.

Click here for the official MONO website.

[Jeff Chandler]

The potability of C# is also key, according to Friedman.

That may be, but personally, I'd rather drink Java.

[OneWingedShark]

I agree with them. I use, or have used, most of the popular languages (PHP, PERL, C++, Java, Python, etc) and find it to be the best for web and windows applications.

I dunno; there are somethings that are just a bear* to work with -- granted, I'm saying this as a programmer who has to maintain/develop for a program that was put together by a kid in an internship position (likely unfamiliar w/ the C# and the .NET framework) that from all accounts was a (more or less) transliteration of an Access DB somebody had put together.

* -- I'm looking at you, DataGridView.

[andyk]

Potability - bwahahaha!

[JRandomFreeper]

Perl is pretty much dead.

Oooohhh... a programming language holy war.

Personally, I never left Turbo Pascal for a high-level language. And there's always assembler for important stuff. ;)

/johnny

[dangus]

PHP’s decline is fairly slight, so far. Therefore, Python’s growth has been more at the expense of Perl than PHP. But if PHP’s decline continues and/or accelerates (as I believe it will), it will be because of Python. Ironically, C# is probably helping PHP’s shelf life, because C# is a great back-end language, but not as widely used for serving web pages. And with ASP a joke...

I’m rather amazed that there is little movement in Javascript, with client-side programming such an emerging technology.

Some visible issues with the PyPL Index: You can see in a single month a sharp drop (about 2.5-3%) in the popularity of C, matching a simultaneous pop (1.5-2%) in the popularity of C#. I don’t believe any change was made that suddenly and that isolated from any larger trend; to me, it seems one key element of the index was changed, and the entire effect was reported at once.

[Olog-hai]

Heh. It almost exists on a fretless guitar . . .