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  • derek - Sep 12 2006 | o'reilly, programming languages, c#, java, ruby, python

    Interesting chart showing book sales related to various programming language groups over a 3 year period. This is only for one publisher, so it's biased by the quality / availability of material within a given subject area. Nonetheless, the data is quite interesting. Surprises:

    - VB books outsold C# through 2005 (where are the VB developers hiding?!).

    - Python sales are stagnant (would expect that it would be following a Ruby-like curve).

    - Perl has withstood the attack of Ruby and Python.

    - Java's Tiger release (generics), during an upward trend, did very little to maintain the trend, and C/C++ sales grew during the downturn. Huh?

    • ChrisWei - Sep 13 2006

      I am very surprised these are so flat. I would expect much more variation over this amount of time.

    • derek - Sep 13 2006

      Yeah, indicative of how large (and dedicated / consistent) the audiences are in each group.

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