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From: Jon Paris
I think you guys are missing the point. There's zero reason to think
this is a Canadian phenomena - I'll lay odds that the situation is
exactly the same in the U.S.
And if I read you correctly, Jon, aren't you also implying that this same
situation will begin to apply to RPG as well?
I remember Hans posting something somewhere about how Python was rising in
the ranks according to the TPCI index:
http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm
If you look at the chart, it shows Python had gained two places in the ranks
in the last year.
A couple of interesting points, though, can be gleaned from the table.
First is that RPG isn't that far out of the running; it's number 25, pretty
respectable considering it really only runs on one platform.
Second, look at COBOL: it actually leapt up THREE positions, from 18th to
15th. In my mind, RPG will follow COBOL and we may see something of a
resurgence as the packaged software out there requires maintenance. Also, I
used the Wayback machine to get last year's tables.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070102125123/http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm
If you use that, you'll find that RPG actually jumped SIX places, although
its overall percentage dipped slightly (but even that is up compared to a
couple of years ago). It's a bit of a turnaround compared to a downtrend
that saw RPG drop from number 14 five years ago.
And of course, statistics can always be misleading. I'm not convinced that
I or anyone I know will be programming Lua anytime soon.
Joe
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