D has low down to number 21!

[Jeremy]

In article <e8h8oq$88d$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, John Reimer says...
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>Jeremy wrote:
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>>> Um... maybe tiobe.com shouldn't be taken too seriously in the first place?
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>>> 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?)
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>>> I suggest we ignore it almost completely rather than watch it with 
>>> superstition. :)
>>>
>>> -JJR
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>> Heh.. ignore it when the numbers are low, celebrate when it is high!
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>lol. :)
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>> Say what you want about 'the list,' but I'm sure things would be better (more
>> supporters etc.) if we were ranking higher.
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>I have to disagree with that.  If tiobe.com is anything, it is more 
>likely to be the effect rather than the cause. But no matter. :)

I agree it is not a cause, but an effect. I don't think I made that very clear
in that line, but I wanted to say the two are related (e.g. more supporters =>
higher ranking)