[Info-vax] [OT] Wirth style languages, was: Re: Obscure Ada compiler vendors?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2013-04-03, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> wrote:
> In article <kjhvbo$k9k$1 at dont-email.me>,
>  Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 2013-04-03 17:24:19 +0000, Simon Clubley said:
>> 
>> > Are any of the Wirth style languages considered trendy these days ?
>> > 
>> > We have already talked about Ada's current position.
>> 
>> Programming language (alleged) popularity: 
>> <http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html>
>> 
>

"Alleged" is the correct word here. :-)

If they are using search engines to gather the information, then this
index is only a measure of how often the language is mentioned online.
It says nothing about how often the language is actually used in a real
world application or as a teaching language.

> I used Delphi/Object Pascal in the late nineties but have heard little 
> of it since. One very nice feature which I thought could be useful for 
> software houses was the way forms could be inherited so you could tailor 
> the look and feel of apps for a specific customer, recompile and go.
>
> At number 15 it still manages to pip Visual Basic .NET at 16, which I 
> must admit is a surprise.
>
> Objective C was another surprise there at number 3.  While the 
> popularity of iThingies is obviously a factor I wonder to what extent 
> the App Store sales model has encouraged development for OS X itself.
>

It's used in a Apple product. Perhaps people talk about the language
far more than actually using it. :-)

> Anyone like to guess where Java will be in a year's time, given the 
> negative publicity it has had recently?
>

If Java does decline, I wonder what language will replace it ?

Simon.

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