Massive loss for D on Tiobe

[superdan]

Walter Bright Wrote:

> Georg Wrede wrote:
> > D's loss seems unbelievable. D now has a 0.628% share, which is even 
> > less than what it's lost (-0.82%) in the last 12 months. What could be 
> > the reasons for it? Is it even possible to figure out any reason??
> 
> Of course it's unbelievable. This change didn't happen over a year's 
> time, it happened in one month. This means that the methodology Tiobe 
> uses changed, or the search portals changed their hit count algorithm.
> 
> Notice 
> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/tpci_definition.htm 
> where they automatically discount all D hits by 10%. They don't do that 
> for C.
> 
> For example, of the first 100 hits of "D programming" on google, I found 
> only 6 that were not about D, two of which was already excluded by 
> Tiobe's algorithm. That's 4%, not 10%.
> 
> I found 3 non-C ones for "C programming" in the first 100. That's 3%, 
> not 0%.

i sorta prefer grau douche zone's theory. makes no sense 'cept in da framework where he's a retarded dumbass & evil to boot. but u gotta respect the man. he's waited so patiently fer dis opportunity to suck collective cock. gotta give it 2 da man.