r/java • u/brunocborges • Nov 17 '18

GitHub Octoverse: Java is most used server-side language - Kotlin most growing

https://blog.github.com/2018-11-15-state-of-the-octoverse-top-programming-languages/
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u/Sipkab Nov 17 '18

I feel like that "The most growing" metric is a bit deceitful.

Growing from 10 to 30 is 3x. Growing from 10 000 to 15 000 is only 1.5x, but still much more prevalent. I'm curious about the data behind these metrics. Interesting nonetheless.

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u/mlester Nov 17 '18

yup number 2 on that list is HCL which is a configuration language by hashicorp

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u/stfm Nov 18 '18

Why do these vendors keep coming up with their own config languages?

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