From: benben <benhonghatgmaildotcom@...>
Date: 2006-09-27T15:00:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Computer Language Popularity Trend

> These charts are a rather misleading I think. The number of newsgroup
> postings for a language is inversely proportional to the amount of the
> information about it on the internet. When someone can google an answer
> to his question, he's not going to start a thread. Thus activity in the
> newsgroup is bound to fall over time following a peak, even as interest
> in the language remains strong.
> 

The numbers are also affected by accessibility to the newsgroups, you 
know, the eternal September effect...

Ben