... it seems to be more useful to look to the future than to the past when deciding which languages to learn or whatever.

It's just that I'm not sure how to graph the future :)

You make some good points however. In reviewing LUI, I've realized that most of the metrics are affected by the past (which I don't think is a bad thing, but must be accounted for). For instance, C/C++ have such high numbers partly because they've had so much more time to accumulate write-ups.

How about some metrics that try to look at the present? I've got one more SourceForge metric I want to add, the "Most Active" projects, and as I mention above I want a metric that looks at "community" activity, which is obviously both a past and present metric.

Part of the value, of course, in a site like LUI, is not what it can give you immediately, but what can be mined at some later date. Patterns emerge from the past that can help you guess at the future.

A blog among millions.

In reply to Re^2: LUI: Language Usage Indicators page by arbingersys
in thread LUI: Language Usage Indicators page by arbingersys

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