Tiobe really?
https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/programminglanguages_defin...
That seems like it's a potentially interesting signal, but the index implies that it is about adoption.
Looking at the index, it seems like Python has a 2.5x higher rating than C and Java. While I assume that Python is a widely adopted language, this feels wrong in many ways.
But given that they just look at search engine stats, one can explain the higher rating, because Python is often used by novice programmers and tech workers who are not primarily programmers/SWEs.
Take into consideration that most Rust programmers rely on https://docs.rs etc rather than Googling something.
Python jobs: 0.9
Seems about right, maybe.
Except there's no way PHP (0.09), Ruby (0.07) and Go (0.1) are on the same magnitude as Rust jobs.
So this site doesn't pass the sniff test for me.
If Rust is as good as its evangelists say it is, we won't have to worry about how the stats smell, we'll see it, and it won't rely on some "Cnile" conspiracy to keep it down either.
If your parent is wrong, happy to be corrected. I thought it was interesting that we read the post in completely opposite ways, and I think both readings can be accurate. I based my reading on a vague remembering that I think the parent isn't a fan of Rust, which is fuzzy and also may be wrong!