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Removing Java and C from your list makes it much easier to see what's going on: http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=python%2C+perl%2C+ruby%2C+...



Right. Now view the same stats in Relative (which makes the trending more visible):

http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=python,+perl,+ruby,+php...

The numbers say what most people know: that set of four languages contains 1 that is mature and 3 that are growing. One of them is growing fairly rapidly relative to where it was when the data set started out.


You wouldn't consider PHP mature?


Or Python, for that matter... I mean, it's 17 years old. It can drive a car and almost vote!




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