Good stuff Steve,

So, Foxpro is right there between REXX and VRML. Hoo-ah!!

Renoir



>The TIOBE Programming Community Index for September 2003 shows the World's Most Popular Programming Languages based upon a formula/algorithm that they use to search the Google search engine and calculate a rating. I can't tell you how scientific the results are, but here are the results for September 2003 from their web page:
>
>Programming Language/Rating/Status
>1 Java 45.5 A
>2 C 36.4 A
>3 C++ 35.9 A
>4 Perl 16.6 A
>5 VB 14.6 A
>6 PHP 11.1 A
>7 SQL 6.6 A
>8 C# 4.2 A
>9 JavaScript 3.9 A
>10 Delphi/Pascal/Kylix 3.2 A
>11 Python 2.9 A
>12 COBOL 2.1 A
>13 SAS 2.0 A
>followed by
>RPG 1.7 B
>Fortran 1.7 B
>Lisp 1.3 B
>Awk 1.2 B
>Ada 1.1 B
>Prolog 1.0 B
>Scheme 0.9 B and the list goes on...
>
>To see the whole list and how the ratings are gotten go to the web site:
>http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/tekst.htm
>
>This information could help me identify which programming languages to brush up on. I studied the programming language needs for local job openings in the Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater, FL area, but it is a very confusing assortment of multiple programming languages with no clear decisive favorite other than C++.
>
>I have the books, "Learn Java in 21 Days" and "Learn Perl in 21 Days" here in my office, but no Unix/Linux machine.
>
>I also have the complete Symantec C++ software package and the complete Microsoft Visual Basic software package here in my office. I guess I should grab them, dust them off and get hoppin'!
>
>See you all later.