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

The TIOBE index can be fun, but that's about it. As if it weren't
unreliable enough near the top, once you get into the sub-1% range,
things get especially meaningless.

In March 2007, RPG was at #32 on a rating of 0.236%. In mid-2011, Joe
Pluta noted that RPG was consistently staying in the top 20, with
ratings fluctuating between maybe 0.7% in 2009, 0.4% in 2010, and 0.6%
in 2011. In June 2016, RPG was at #35 on a rating of 0.42%. And yes,
RPG is "up" now relative to, say, October 2021 (outside the top 50),
but its current rating is 0.22%.

So, yeah, I would take it with a heaping teaspoon of salt. Or even the
whole shaker.

John Y.
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