Date:         Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:46:45 -0400
Reply-To:     Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Arthur Tabachneck <art297@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: SAS and Tiobe
Comments: To: Phil Rack <PhilRack@MINEQUEST.COM>

Phil,

I don't think Tiobe's survey has much to do with the observation I
mentioned.  If Lisp/Scheme hadn't been separated into two groups, SAS
would still be in the top 20 (it was 21).

Plus, I agree with Sigurd, that the movement of Ada and RPG doesn't make a
lot of sense.

Finally, while I haven't re-analyzed list postings since then, they
definitely appear to have significantly picked up.

Art
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On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:05:57 -0400, Philip Rack <PhilRack@MINEQUEST.COM>
wrote:

>There's a lot of huge drop offs with other languages too. All around the
>same time peroid.
>
>Philip Rack
>MineQuest, LLC
>SAS & WPS Consulting and WPS Reseller
>Tel: (614) 457-3714
>Web: www.MineQuest.com
>Blog: www.MineQuest.com/WordPress
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>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sigurd Hermansen [mailto:HERMANS1@WESTAT.com]
>Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 5:53 PM
>To: Philip Rack; SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: RE: SAS and Tiobe
>
>Looks as if TIOBE has gotten caught in a time warp. How else could one
>explain the remarkable resurgence of Ada and RPG? Surely Google and other
>search engine results couldn't be swayed by interventions (say, by IBM) or
>other interested parties;>
>
>Check the history of Ada on the same Web page .... Anomalies in statistics
>remain anomalies. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. SAS
>aside, I don't believe what TIOBE is saying about Ada or RPG.
>S
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Philip
>Rack
>Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 10:52 AM
>To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: SAS and Tiobe
>
>A while back, Art commented on the down turn in the number of postings to
>SAS-L. Today, I went out and looked at Tiobe and see that the SAS language
>had dropped out of the top 20.
>
>http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
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>
>Phil
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>Philip Rack
>
>MineQuest, LLC
>
>SAS & WPS Consulting and WPS Reseller
>
>Tel: (614) 457-3714
>
>Web:  <http://www.MineQuest.com> www.MineQuest.com
>
>Blog:  <http://www.MineQuest.com/WordPress> www.MineQuest.com/WordPress