How programmers transition between languages

[jmh530]

On Monday, 29 January 2018 at 04:58:49 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
wrote:
>
> It would be interesting to know, but I question how valid the 
> conclusions are just getting information from github like that. 
> For instance, I came from C++ to D. However, I never used 
> github before D's developement moved to github, and their 
> methodology would show me as someone who used D almost 
> exclusively and who did not switch from any other language. So, 
> while I'm sure that some valid conclusions can be taken from 
> the data, it's going to be skewed by the fact that not 
> everything a programmer does or has done ends up on github.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

I don't deny that there are limitations to the data. At best, it 
would be telling you the transition of github users over a 
specific period.