D has low down to number 21!

[Jeremy]

In article <e8h2k3$3a1$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, John Reimer says...
>
>Lucas Goss wrote:
>> Jeremy wrote:
>>> In article <e8d4fs$150p$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, Boris Wang says...
>>>> http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm.
>>>>
>>> I know! :( However, I think "Ruby" and those other languages popping 
>>> up in the
>>> list are advertised more (e.g. tutorials showing on Slashdot, digg)... 
>>> D just
>>> isn't "in your face" like many other languages :-\
>>>
>> 
>> I think it's because D is still smoothing out some rough edges, as in 
>> const, private import, raii and auto, etc. Once the rough edges are more 
>> well defined (and hopefully more intuitive), the language will be more 
>> concrete which should open up the doors for more development. I just 
>> hope the "rough edges" aren't left in because it's "too late" to change.
>> 
>> Lucas
>
>
>Um... maybe tiobe.com shouldn't be taken too seriously in the first place?
>
>If we base D's popularity by tiobe, we are in for a roller coaster ride 
>of emotions.  It appears to be a rather meaningless measurement of 
>language use and an easily manipulated one at that.  Some people have 
>already shown some examples of how to increase a language's standing in 
>the list (as previous posts have mentioned?)
>
>I suggest we ignore it almost completely rather than watch it with 
>superstition. :)
>
>-JJR

Heh.. ignore it when the numbers are low, celebrate when it is high!

Say what you want about 'the list,' but I'm sure things would be better (more
supporters etc.) if we were ranking higher.