RE: lua not anymore in tiobe top 20

["Grellier, Thierry" <t-grellier@...>]

I agree that ranking is highly dubious in its methodology. But I hope it
still shows a trend. As such I wonder if it is converging with
subscription/unsubscription to the list for example.

I also like to have more qualitative input from the list, something
like:
- have you used Lua?
  Yes,
  Experimentally,
  no
- are you intending to use it in future:
  Yes and more
  Yes like now
  Yes but less
  No, hard to convince third part
  No, as I always want to experiment new stuff
  No, unsatisfied (reasons?)

Knowing that only motivated users might be on the list.

-----Original Message-----
From: lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br
[mailto:lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br] On Behalf Of Adam D. Moss
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 4:00 PM
To: Lua list
Subject: Re: lua not anymore in tiobe top 20

Andre Carregal wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 9:45 AM,  <matias.guijarro@free.fr> wrote:
>>  I guess that Lua's ranking will get up again
>>  when the Lua Programming Gems book is going
>>  to be available...
> 
> Add to that the fact that Adobe ColdFusion 8 has been just released.
> 
> The difference between 18th-23th positions in the ranking is small
> enough that any "media hit" would alter the balance of them. There is
> another plateau at the 15th-17th positions tough... :o)

I'm hardly worried - I imagine the Lua community is using Lua because
it's generally fantastic for what it was designed for, not because
it's 'fashionable' in some dubious ranking. :)

--Adam