Programming languages by popularity

[Yaloopy]

http://www.langpop.com/

[benny!]

Interesting link. Thanks for sharing!

[taj]

I agree, thanks for that yaloopy, very interesting read.

[Shockwave]

Amazing that C seems much more popular than C++ in general terms.
I would never have thought it!

[rain_storm]

I think that is because of the people like me that can manage the old console apps in C but are lost in the flood with the gui's and C++. Or maybe its because Googling for C++ is equivelent to searching C &&

[benny!]

I also thought about the problem rain_storm mentioned. Guess there may be some inaccuracies
because of wrong/variations of search keyword. Some ppl may type in C++ - some other
type Cpp and others maybe just type C even though they mean C++ ?

Anyway, interesting link.

[taj]

Amazing that C seems much more popular than C++ in general terms.
I would never have thought it!

One factor *may* be that in the embedded world C++ isnt as popular as C. There are loads of devices in the home which might be considered embedded. TV, DVR, DVD, Stereo, computer peripherals, fridge, dish washer, all in one remote control, amplifiers...etc are all embedded. Some programmed in asm, many programmed in C. Even  phones are 90% C with a thin layer of Java (the Java engine itself is in C). So, C is much bigger than people think. Its still probably the most widely used programming language in the world I guess.

Chris