Massive loss for D on Tiobe

[BCS]

Reply to Georg,

> D made the May headline on Tiobe: "Programming language D suffers
> sharp fall". You can say that again, D went down 5 places, to below
> languges like RPG(OS/400) and ABAP!
> 
> 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??
> 
> Can this loss induce people to abandon D, and others to not take it
> up, leading to cumulating losses in the coming months? What do we have
> to do to prevent this?
> 

take a look at the graph for RPG(OS/400) and D

http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/paperinfo/tpci/RPG_(OS_400).html
http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/paperinfo/tpci/D.html

something/someone is gameing the system.