RE: Tiobe index lists RPG as 39th most popular language

Yes, you have to understand the methodology used to determine language "popularity." In part, it's based on frequency of searches. So it can be distorted by a language that nobody understands an hence they do a lot of searches. Also if Internet searches don't return a lot of good information but there is a good source to use (so that people go directly to the source rather than searching), it will drive the "popularity" rating for a language down.

All-in-all, It reminds me of immature children wanting to be popular. It may feel cool, but what does it really mean?.

Michael Quigley
Computer Services
The Way international
www.TheWay.org

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message: 1
date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 03:26:42 -0400
from: John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Tiobe index lists RPG as 39th most popular language

On Sat, Apr 9, 2022 at 9:40 AM Niels Liisberg <nli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Crazy! RPG is more popular that TypeScript.. who had thought that!!

I don't think it's reasonable to say that RPG is more popular than TypeScript. I
*just* got done saying how unreliable the TIOBE index is, *particularly* so
far down in the list.

And, if you *do* believe TIOBE, well, the April ratings just came out and
TypeScript is ahead of RPG by three places.

John Y.