TIOBE February 2016.... 15 ?!

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 3 February 2016 at 18:09:23 UTC, rsw0x wrote:
> Doesn't matter if Tiobe is wrong or not, being in the top 20 is 
> *good* for D because a lot of people do indeed use Tiobe.
> Any exposure = good exposure.

That's kinda like saying that winning 6 out of 6 coin-flips is 
undeniably good for Clinton, maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Depends 
on the reader. But it is undeniably bad for Clinton's campaign if 
they think they can rest on their laurels and win the race by 
chance.


If we take a look at the most voted topics on StackOverflow, 
languages like C++, Rust and Go have "language technical" 
questions, but for D the list is dominated by questions related 
to credibility, many asking for a comparison of D to C++. So 
clearly D can most likely gain a lot from addressing aspects that 
people care about.


Top votes for D on StackOverflow:


149 votes 32k views
C++ versus D [closed]
Is the D language a credible alternative to Java and C++? What 
will it take to become a credible alternative? Should I bother 
learning it?

137 votes 38k views
Why isn't the 'D' language picking up? [closed]
Anybody using language 'D'? Why isn't it more popular?

126 votes 36k views
D Programming Language in the real world? [closed]
Is anyone out there using D for real world applications? If so, 
what are you using it for? I can't seem to find anything big on 
the web written in D.

108 votes 23k views
How fast is D compared to C++?
I like some features of D, but would be interested if they come 
with a runtime penalty? To compare, I implemented a simple 
program that computes scalar products of many short vectors both 
in C++ and ...

76 votes 8k views
What are the differences between concepts and template 
constraints?
I want to know what are the semantic differences between the C++ 
full concepts proposal and template constraints (for instance, 
constraints as appeared in Dlang or the new concepts-lite 
proposal for ..

69 votes 15k views
Why 0.1 + 0.2 == 0.3 in D?
assert(0.1 + 0.2 != 0.3);

69 votes 3k views
To GC or Not To GC
I've recently seen two really nice and educating languages talks: 
This first one by Herb Sutter, presents all the nice and cool 
features of C++0x, why C++'s future seems brighter than ever, and 
how ...