Massive loss for D on Tiobe

[Georg Wrede]

BCS wrote:
> 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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_RPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abap

Tears and grief, RPG(OS/400) is a language for *punch cards*. And ABAP 
is Gerry's answer to *COBOL*. And Finland just lost to the *USA* in 
hockey, right after we beat Canada.

Jansen (of Tiobe) should probably not go wild adjusting the knobs. It 
may erode their credibility. But blaming him doesn't tidy our nest 
either. The D landscape in front of the programmer in search of a C++ 
replacement isn't what it should be. The language is ten years old, but 
you'd never guess. (Except from outdated stuff on each website.)