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Really hard to take any list like this seriously when they have js at number 7 and Delphi ahead of typescript...

You will then prefer the IEEE Spectrum ranking : https://spectrum.ieee.org/top-programming-languages-2022

or https://www.devjobsscanner.com/blog/top-8-most-demanded-lang...

or https://www.statista.com/statistics/793628/worldwide-develop...

Interesting that the correlation between all of these "top X" lists is pretty weak...

Each one uses a different metric: search engines, job offers, github projects, Stackoverflow threads... It would be interesting to find one that combines them all!

I am not saying the list is correct, but we all kind of live in a bubble, last week i met a customer they have 12 dev and all write....wait for it...ColdFusion! On something called lucee. I would have predicted that in 2000-2008 but today?? Well he said they are pretty happy with it, it runs it works..i am happy for them.

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