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Fluctuations in Tiobe can be a simple result of how a major repository for the language is indexed. Take for example, Delphi from '08 - '09. http://delphi.org/2008/10/the-many-faces-of-delphi/ and http://delphi.org/2008/10/delphi-keeps-climbing/

It isn't a measure of popularity - its a measure of which languages either intentionally or accidentally have the best SEO.




Or look at how the "rating" for C dipped precipitiously, then climbed back up, between 2016 and 2018. There wasn't a sudden shift in the popularity of the language over those two years -- that's the source data being unreliable.




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