D is back on TIOBE top 20

[Paulo Pinto]

On 03.01.2014 17:14, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> On 2 January 2014 11:10, Dejan Lekic <dejan.lekic at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thursday, 2 January 2014 at 10:33:53 UTC, Namespace wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thursday, 2 January 2014 at 10:30:34 UTC, Dejan Lekic wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I know this does not say much, especially considering that TransactSQL is
>>>> declared "language of the year" on TIOBE. :)
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, good to see that D is gaining popularity.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
>>>
>>>
>>> http://forum.dlang.org/thread/mmqokwtboeqjhbsxqhad@forum.dlang.org
>>
>>
>> #22 was not good enough. :) Being in the first 20 is what matters as new
>> programmers who visit TIOBE out of curiousity may become interested in D
>> when they see it in the list. Everything below 20 is more/less invisible to
>> the common visitor there...
>
> If anyone really *did* use TIOBE as a measure for language success,
> you may find me doing this to them.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwLirQS2-o
>

Lots of managers and HR departments do.

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Paulo