Tag Archives: TPCI

Notes about TPCI 2008-08

The TPCI August Headline is
COBOL scores a new all time low
You know, the sultry weather of this August is not healthy for woebegone mammoths.

Notes about TPCI 2008-05

The TPCI May Headline is
PowerShell on its way to the top 20
As you know, I don’t code on Windows regularly but after a quick look at this sample screenshot, PowerShell seems to me very… powerful. Perhaps a good part of its power resides on its blendable, UNIX-like nature.

Notes about TPCI 2008-04

The TPCI April Headline is
Lua hype seems to be over (fallen out of top 20). What is next? Groovy, Erlang?
Some people here say that Erlang would be the next hype. I don’t know… but if I began to study it then it certainly would be the next hype in a rather short time.

Notes about TPCI 2008-03

The TPCI March Headline is
Ruby after 4 months back in the top 10 again
My headline is
Viewing its graph, I noticed a frightening renaissance of (Visual) Basic. Burp.

Notes about TPCI 2008-01

The TPCI January Headline is
TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007!
The reason is
Python appeared to have the largest increase in ratings in one year time (…) Chances are high that Python’s star will rise further in 2008, thanks to the upcoming release of Python 3.
Unfortunately I don’t have enough time to follow its development [...]

Notes about TPCI 2007-12

The TPCI December Headline is
Python surpasses Perl for the first time in history
Let me do one of my well known predictions: Perl might go out from the top ten before 2013.

Notes about TPCI 2007-11

The TPCI November Headline is
Groovy and Scala enter top 50
My headline is
Ruby at its highest rates
I’m definitely old-school.

Notes about TPCI 2007-10

The TPCI October Headline is
Statistical Programming Language “R” in Top 50 for the second Month
Their September Headline was
Programming Language C shows a structural Decline now
I’m not a statistician but after looking at the C++ trend’s diagram I realized that it shows the same structural decline as its next of kin.

Notes about TPCI 2007-09

The TPCI September Headline is
Programming Language C shows a structural Decline now
My headline is
… we are sadly aware of this trend but it is still too early for a moment of silence

Notes about TPCI 2007-07

The TPCI June Headline is
Lua only 0.003% away from top 20 position
My headline is
Everything is quiet in the top six scores