List of different computer languages and their general nature.
What are all the existing computer languages and how many people use them?
Oh, and the VAX BASIC I used in the late 1980s was not the same as BASIC on MS-DOS. Fortran IV and Fortran 77 were also significantly different. Hmm ... but if different versions differ from each other, then maybe this should be limited to the current languages. It might be interesting to know more than 15 people who have ever used System-J, or if anyone has done any serious programming in VAX-DCL, but more valuable to know more about the languages I might come across.
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I find when comparing the popularity of two languages using google trends . This allows you to see what trends are showing on Google keywords over time and display multiple keywords. With some interesting results like ...
- Sqeak Vs. Smalltalk (smalltalk seems to have been in the lead, but gained in 2004)
- Cobol Vs. Fortran - Both crash pretty quickly ...
- Python Vs. Perl is looking for two different ways with programming or script as a keyword along with python or perl to prevent false positives for the non-language-related word python.
- Autoit Vs. AutoHotKey - Interestingly, they are slowly evolving.
If you come up with good ones, please comment on them. I've used Google Trends to accurately predict the last two presidential elections, so its likelihood would be a pretty good metric of actual attention (as long as the keywords aren't ambiguous).
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