Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

[Paul Rudin]

George Sakkis <george.sakkis at gmail.com> writes:


> Even more amazing is the rate C++ is losing ground:
> http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/C__.html

I don't really find surprising that low level languages lose ground at
the expense of higher level ones. The developer-time/run-time
trade-off tends to move in favour of higher level languages as
hardware gets faster and cheaper.