Re^4: Why is perl so frequently used for automation?

[choroba]

in reply to Re^3: Why is perl so frequently used for automation?
in thread Why is perl so frequently used for automation?

Some people believe in tiobe...

[chromatic]

Some people believe in phrenology too, but anyone who brings measurable statistics into a discussion owes the truth the courtesy of finding verifiable (or at least falsifiable) figures.

[halfcountplus]

I assume choroba meant this specifically: http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/paperinfo/tpci/Perl.html. Which may or may not be of interest, but does appear to be based on "verifiable (or at least falsifiable) figures" (and I don't see why TIOBE would falsify them).

[chromatic]

‘TIOBE’ does appear to be based on "verifiable (or at least falsifiable) figures"...

No one's been able to reproduce them. (They confused a web browser with a language implementation for several months!) They're based on bad assumptions. No one's done TIOBE better because it's meaningless to do the wrong things better. See TIOBE or not TIOBE – “Lies, damned lies, and statistics” for one explanation.

Also, unlike science, they don't release raw data sets.

[eyepopslikeamosquito]

Even if you believe in tiobe, this graph does not support JavaFan's taunt that "the haydays of Perl where in the mid to late 90s" [sic]. That graph indicates that "Perl's tiobe haydays" were 2003-2005. At least that's what I see. So I doubt JavaFan had tiobe in mind when making his "haydays" wisecrack.

[Your Mother]

Sounds like you're unwilling to submit your cranium to scrutiny! I wonder just what you're afraid of!!

Also, forgot these: !!?!

[marto]

Obligatory Simpsons quote - Mr. Burns: Of course you'd say that...you have the brainpan of a stagecoach tilter!