[Python-talk] Python declared as the programming language of 2007 by Tiobe

[Ric Werme]

Ted wrote:
> January Headline: TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007!
> 
> http://www.tiobe.com/index.htm?tiobe_index

Uh, I though Python was a language for the ages!

That page also predicts:

  What is to be expected in 2008? And, what became of the forecasts for 2007?
  At the beginning of 2007, I thought C# and D would become the winners and
  Perl and Delphi the losers. C# was indeed one of the big winners, and Perl
  one of the big losers. But the forecasts for D and Delphi were completely
  wrong. There has been no breakthrough for D. On the other hand, Delphi
  reclaimed a top 10 position... What about 2008? C, C++ and Perl will
  continue to fall. C and C++ because they have no automated garbage
  collection. C++ will get an extra push down because Microsoft is not
  actively supporting the language anymore. Perl is just dead. Java and C#
  will eventually be the 2 most popular languages. So I expect them to rise
  further in 2008. What new languages will enter the top 20 in 2008 is a wild
  guess, but I think ActionScript and Groovy are really serious candidates.

D?  What's D?  (And Lua, for that matter.)
Perl "is just dead"?  When did that happen?
How do the rate popularity, anyway?  It seems to have to do with web search
engines.

Logo gets 7 up arrows.  Always liked that language, when I was looking for
a new language several years ago because I didn't have a reliable xbase
system, I wanted some attributes of Logo.  FoxPro/xBase got 5 uparrows!

No TECO. Sigh.  However, non of TECO's attributes were pluses in my search,
otherwise I would've just picked Perl.  :-)

	  -Ric