Python surpasses Perl in TIOBE index

[Daniel Fetchinson]

On 12/4/07, Daniel Fetchinson <fetchinson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > Well we Python folks are spoiled but for most people C++ counts as a
> > > high level language
> >
> > Well, some parts are high-level, but it's full of very
> > deep elevator shafts for you to accidentally fall
> > into...
> >
> > A truly high-level language also *doesn't* have low
> > level parts (or at least doesn't expose them unless
> > you explicitly ask it to).
>
> Anyone has an idea what the huge peak around the middle of 2004 can be
> attributed to?
>
> http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/Python.html

It seems the huge peak has to do something with the huge dip in Java
at around the same period:

http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/Java.html

Chicken-or-egg problem I guess :)