What is the best objective way to measure language popularity trends? (What's better than TIOBE?)
- by Eric Wilson
The best way to get data on computer language popularity that I know is the TIOBE index. But everyone knows that TIOBE is hopelessly flawed. (If someone provides a link to support this, I'll add it here.)
So is there any data on programming language popularity that is generally considered meaningful? The only other option I know is to look at…