Google Fight - D vs Go

[Jeff Nowakowski]

On 11/20/2012 05:52 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> This probably doesn't mean all that much, but I find it interesting that Go is
> only slightly ahead of D when comparing d programming and go programming, and
> D is only slightly ahead of Go when comparing "d programming and "go
> programming":
>
> http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=d+programming&word2=go+programming
> http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=%22d+programming%22&word2=%22go+programming%22
>
> The hit count when using parens is pretty low though. Regardless, I find it
> somewhat interesting that D and Go are getting such similar search results in
> terms of numbers. Given that it's from google, I would have expected Go to do
> better than it's doing in comparison to us (though it's quite possible that
> the search for Go is returning more useful hits).

You're right, it doesn't mean much. What you are doing is essentially 
what TIOBE does. Given the generality of "D" and "go", you're measuring 
ambiguous results, as you allude to in your last remark. You might 
remember the last time TIOBE came up, with the big announcement that D 
had cracked the top 20 in a big swing. I don't recall seeing an 
announcement when D plummeted back down to the 30s.

If you want to say how well a language is doing, show me the jobs. Both 
languages are niche in that department.