Programming Language Popularity
“With that in mind, let’s have a look at some statistics that can be gathered from the internet regarding programming languages. We examine four sources of information. First, the raw number of results found with Google’s search engine. We also look at dollars per click information gleaned from an online advertising service (Overture). In other words, how much it costs you, the advertiser, per click for ads placed with search terms such as “java consulting” or “perl training”. In addition, to look at the open source community’s take on the situation, we look at projects registered with freshmeat. We also use the Craig’s List (http://www.craigslist.org) job search board as a source for very rough job statistics.”
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