Java script seems to be going strong. Python has fallen by 3 places and has the maximum drop in ratings among top 20 languages.
Python is right next to Perl.
Since according to many Pythonistas and the references they used to point to in the past when they talked of Perl, Perl was dead for the same metrics which Python has now.
1. A major revision whose ecosystem isn't ready.
2. Current stable widely deployed version is going to go away soon.
3. Fall in ratings.
4. Fall in usage.
5. Rise of new languages like clojure.
And since now Python has the same metrics and is next to Perl.
Can we say Python is dead? It must be since TIOBE says so!
TIOBE also says Delphi/Object Pascal is more popular than Ruby. Also where do you get the "Rise of new languages like clojure" from? Certainly not from TIOBE, it's not even in the top 50, which sounds about right (btw it's not that hard to have 1000% rise if your starting point is like 0.0001%)
I'd guess the downvotes are thanks to sloppy and/or biased dataanalysis rather than fanboyism. For one thing Perl has been dropping almost steadily for the last 7 years, Python just one.
> I am just applying the same principles to Python what
> used to be applied to Perl.
No, there are some significant differences between the two which your commentary misses, like the fact that python3 ecosystem and the path for migration to it is far more mature than perl6's is (or likely ever will be, the way things are going.)
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index....
Java script seems to be going strong. Python has fallen by 3 places and has the maximum drop in ratings among top 20 languages.
Python is right next to Perl.
Since according to many Pythonistas and the references they used to point to in the past when they talked of Perl, Perl was dead for the same metrics which Python has now.
And since now Python has the same metrics and is next to Perl.Can we say Python is dead? It must be since TIOBE says so!