• Nick B (14/14) Dec 05 2016 The programming language of all programming languages C is
• piotrklos (9/10) Dec 07 2016 My guesses are:
• =?UTF-8?B?Tm9yZGzDtnc=?= (2/4) Dec 08 2016 And most likely also Rust.
• =?UTF-8?B?Tm9yZGzDtnc=?= (3/4) Dec 08 2016 Glad to see D at 21. I believe this an improvement compared to
• Meta (3/7) Dec 08 2016 Actually I think D has slipped. I believe it used to be at 18,
• Anonymouse (8/16) Dec 08 2016 It's nice to see D in the ballpark of 1%+. That said, I also
• Claude (4/4) Dec 08 2016 It's strange to see "assembly language" as an entry, the target

Nick B <nick.barbalich gmail.com> writes:

The programming language of all programming languages C is 
consistently going down since November 2015. The language was in 
a range of 15% to 20% for more than 15 years and this year it 
suddenly started to suffer. Its ratings are now less than 10% and 
there is no clear way back to the top. So what happened to C? 
Some months ago we already listed some possible reasons: it is 
not a language that you think of while writing programs for 
popular fields such as mobile apps or websites, it is not 
evolving that much and there is no big company promoting the 
language. May be there are more reasons. If you happen to know 
one, please share it with us.

source: http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/   (Dec 2016)


cheers
Nick

piotrklos <poliklosio happypizza.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 6 December 2016 at 07:40:44 UTC, Nick B wrote:
 (...)

My guesses are:
Big reason:
People in third world countries are going out of poverty and for 
those who do programming the first language they learn is not C 
because it is too low level. They start with something that can 
be used to make an app or a website easily.

Smaller reason:
C is being replaced in some applications by Go, D and C++.

=?UTF-8?B?Tm9yZGzDtnc=?= <per.nordlow gmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 7 December 2016 at 09:12:39 UTC, piotrklos wrote:
 Smaller reason:
 C is being replaced in some applications by Go, D and C++.

And most likely also Rust.

=?UTF-8?B?Tm9yZGzDtnc=?= <per.nordlow gmail.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 6 December 2016 at 07:40:44 UTC, Nick B wrote:
 source: http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/   (Dec 2016)

Glad to see D at 21. I believe this an improvement compared to 
previous year. Does anybody got any hard numbers for this?

Meta <jared771 gmail.com> writes:

On Thursday, 8 December 2016 at 08:46:07 UTC, Nordlöw wrote:
 On Tuesday, 6 December 2016 at 07:40:44 UTC, Nick B wrote:
 source: http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/   (Dec 2016)

 Glad to see D at 21. I believe this an improvement compared to 
 previous year. Does anybody got any hard numbers for this?

Actually I think D has slipped. I believe it used to be at 18, 
but I can't remember when that was.

Anonymouse <asdf asdf.net> writes:

On Thursday, 8 December 2016 at 13:19:31 UTC, Meta wrote:
 On Thursday, 8 December 2016 at 08:46:07 UTC, Nordlöw wrote:
 On Tuesday, 6 December 2016 at 07:40:44 UTC, Nick B wrote:
 source: http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/   (Dec 2016)

 Glad to see D at 21. I believe this an improvement compared to 
 previous year. Does anybody got any hard numbers for this?

 Actually I think D has slipped. I believe it used to be at 18, 
 but I can't remember when that was.

It's nice to see D in the ballpark of 1%+. That said, I also 
think the whole index should be taken with more than one grain of 
salt. Sources and metrics. Lies, damned lies and statistics.

As their disclaimer says, it's the languages most mentioned and 
with the most search hits that score the highest, not the most 
used. Maybe it was particularly high when dconf coverage 
circulated reddit and HN.

Claude <no no.no> writes:

It's strange to see "assembly language" as an entry, the target 
is not specified, so I suppose it includes them all, and is more 
a way of programming. It would be interesting to see which target 
(x86, ARM?) are the most used.