Comments on: The Great Perl Comeback? http://p.einarsen.no/the-great-perl-comeback/ Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: steve http://p.einarsen.no/the-great-perl-comeback/comment-page-1/#comment-1154 steve Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:05:10 +0000 http://p.einarsen.no/?p=315#comment-1154 I would like to interview some of the Perl programmers from the 1800's from the graph! Since that's quite improbable, it's quite probable that they're immortal hackers with PDP-11 beards! I would like to interview some of the Perl programmers from the 1800′s from the graph! Since that’s quite improbable, it’s quite probable that they’re immortal hackers with PDP-11 beards!

]]> By: Alexandr Ciornii http://p.einarsen.no/the-great-perl-comeback/comment-page-1/#comment-1152 Alexandr Ciornii Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:45:53 +0000 http://p.einarsen.no/?p=315#comment-1152 I would not call it comeback - Perl was never on decline. Relatively to other languages - yes, but absolutely - never. Absolute numbers raise every year (except from late 2008, where all languages started to decline). I would not call it comeback – Perl was never on decline. Relatively to other languages – yes, but absolutely – never. Absolute numbers raise every year (except from late 2008, where all languages started to decline).

]]> By: john napiorkowski http://p.einarsen.no/the-great-perl-comeback/comment-page-1/#comment-1151 john napiorkowski Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:50:49 +0000 http://p.einarsen.no/?p=315#comment-1151 I'm not sure if the Japan originated searches are related to outsourcing. Perl is really big in Japan it seems. Quite a few Ironman blogs are Japanese for example. The India trend is a tough one to figure. Could be outsourcing, but that's not necessarily an indication of new development. I’m not sure if the Japan originated searches are related to outsourcing. Perl is really big in Japan it seems. Quite a few Ironman blogs are Japanese for example. The India trend is a tough one to figure. Could be outsourcing, but that’s not necessarily an indication of new development.

]]> By: brunov http://p.einarsen.no/the-great-perl-comeback/comment-page-1/#comment-1148 brunov Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:33:09 +0000 http://p.einarsen.no/?p=315#comment-1148 @admin you are right, I hadn't looked... I wonder whether one could suppose that the rate of change of the false-positive is constant, so that one could still look at language trends. Probably not! On another note, I noticed that most of the locations from where the 'perl' searches are from are India and Japan. Outsourcing much? @admin you are right, I hadn’t looked… I wonder whether one could suppose that the rate of change of the false-positive is constant, so that one could still look at language trends. Probably not!

On another note, I noticed that most of the locations from where the ‘perl’ searches are from are India and Japan. Outsourcing much?

]]> By: admin http://p.einarsen.no/the-great-perl-comeback/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 admin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:03:34 +0000 http://p.einarsen.no/?p=315#comment-1147 @brunov: Look at the example pages Google suggests for Python and Ruby: "23-foot python found basking in sun", "Former Olympic champion Ruby dies in climbing fall". I think the other dynamic language graphs are too full of non-programming searches to be useful for comparison. @brunov: Look at the example pages Google suggests for Python and Ruby: “23-foot python found basking in sun”, “Former Olympic champion Ruby dies in climbing fall”. I think the other dynamic language graphs are too full of non-programming searches to be useful for comparison.

]]> By: Steven Haryanto http://p.einarsen.no/the-great-perl-comeback/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 Steven Haryanto Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:01:34 +0000 http://p.einarsen.no/?p=315#comment-1146 Interesting. The terms "perl5" and "perl6" don't follow the similar pattern, but "cpan" and "rakudo" do. Go figure :-) Interesting. The terms “perl5″ and “perl6″ don’t follow the similar pattern, but “cpan” and “rakudo” do. Go figure :-)

]]> By: brunov http://p.einarsen.no/the-great-perl-comeback/comment-page-1/#comment-1145 brunov Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:46:43 +0000 http://p.einarsen.no/?p=315#comment-1145 @admin: I hadn't thought of that, but look at this: http://tinyurl.com/yk5sqfl. Clearly the slope for perl is more negative than that for other popular dynamic languages. Although in absolute numbers of searches, there really isn't that much of a difference. @admin: I hadn’t thought of that, but look at this: http://tinyurl.com/yk5sqfl. Clearly the slope for perl is more negative than that for other popular dynamic languages. Although in absolute numbers of searches, there really isn’t that much of a difference.

]]> By: admin http://p.einarsen.no/the-great-perl-comeback/comment-page-1/#comment-1144 admin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:20:53 +0000 http://p.einarsen.no/?p=315#comment-1144 Thanks for the clarification. I wouldn't be too worried about the search trend - it shows the search volume relative to all searches and seems to be the same for any computer term you try. The downwards trend is probably more a reflection of the increase of non-technical users taking up Google the last years. Thanks for the clarification.

I wouldn’t be too worried about the search trend – it shows the search volume relative to all searches and seems to be the same for any computer term you try. The downwards trend is probably more a reflection of the increase of non-technical users taking up Google the last years.

]]> By: Tim Bunce http://p.einarsen.no/the-great-perl-comeback/comment-page-1/#comment-1143 Tim Bunce Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:06:26 +0000 http://p.einarsen.no/?p=315#comment-1143 Just to be clear, the timeline isn't a graph of the frequency of _searches_ for perl. It's a graph of the number of indexed pages that mention perl in a way that can be linked to a date. (Sadly the trend graph of searches for 'perl' isn't so impressive: http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl) Stiil, I think it's fair to say that it's showing an (impressive) effect of the Iron Man Blogging challenge. Just to be clear, the timeline isn’t a graph of the frequency of _searches_ for perl. It’s a graph of the number of indexed pages that mention perl in a way that can be linked to a date.

(Sadly the trend graph of searches for ‘perl’ isn’t so impressive: http://www.google.com/trends?q=perl)

Stiil, I think it’s fair to say that it’s showing an (impressive) effect of the Iron Man Blogging challenge.

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