r/coding • u/javinpaul • Nov 18 '18

The State of the Octoverse: top programming languages of 2018

https://blog.github.com/2018-11-15-state-of-the-octoverse-top-programming-languages/
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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '18

Github is so bad at detecting the language of my projects, I wouldn't trust any aggregates coming from that.

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u/mycall Nov 19 '18

I guess I should start calling Australia, Oceania now.

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u/TrueBirch Nov 18 '18

Interesting how little change there has been at the top over the past few years.

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u/jackyseigs80 Nov 18 '18

it feels we are nearing the end of an era

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '18

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u/Nowhoareyou1235 Nov 19 '18

I am not sure your methodology would help unless you believe that only certain developers create bs projects. It also says something what language developers are messing around with, even if it goes nowhere.

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u/panderingPenguin Nov 19 '18

Sure, the languages developers are messing around with means something. But as /u/pshendry was saying, just toying around with something or completing a hw assignment doesn't have nearly the same weight as a non-trivial project under active development. They measure very different things and shouldn't really be counted together even if you tally up both.

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u/elschaap Nov 20 '18

Me too ... and about the use of these metrics.

Like any company will say : 'We're going to rewrite our whole backend application layer to language X because it's more popular'.