D moves up to #12, edging out Delphi

[Bruce Adams]

Walter Bright Wrote:

> Bruce Adams wrote:
> > Just one question. I note that one of the aspects the index is based
> > on is the availability of courses and professional engineers. This
> > could be read to imply that there are now a significant number of
> > training courses and commercial projects being developed in D. Is
> > this the case (I've had my head in the sand for a bit)? I would have
> > thought there was still more Delphi and (though it sickens me) more
> > COBOL floating around in the real world (tm).
> > 
> 
> The Tiobe index measures something more like recent 'buzz' than anything 
> else. There might be more Delphi code floating around, but I just don't 
> see much buzz/excitement/interest about it anymore.

That means there are still a lot of people excited about COBOL? Shudder. Maybe shuddering in horror counts as excitement?