OT: Tiobe Index - December Headline: What is happening to good old language C?

[Anonymouse via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 8 December 2016 at 13:19:31 UTC, Meta wrote:
> On Thursday, 8 December 2016 at 08:46:07 UTC, Nordlöw wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 6 December 2016 at 07:40:44 UTC, Nick B wrote:
>>> source: http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/   (Dec 2016)
>>
>> Glad to see D at 21. I believe this an improvement compared to 
>> previous year. Does anybody got any hard numbers for this?
>
> Actually I think D has slipped. I believe it used to be at 18, 
> but I can't remember when that was.

It's nice to see D in the ballpark of 1%+. That said, I also 
think the whole index should be taken with more than one grain of 
salt. Sources and metrics. Lies, damned lies and statistics.

As their disclaimer says, it's the languages most mentioned and 
with the most search hits that score the highest, not the most 
used. Maybe it was particularly high when dconf coverage 
circulated reddit and HN.