Maybe if you go in sheer user numbers, but it really isn't releveant to me. I will never ever consider to write a web application in Delphi or VB.
Maybe by numbers horses and mules are still the most important means of transport in the world. Doesn't mean that I should worry about buying a horse now.
That wasn't the point. The point is that there are completely seperate worlds. If you show a car manufacturer a list of top 10 means of transportation on the ground, should he be bothered that "horses" are still #7 on the list (I am making this up)? The horses business simply has (almost) nothing to do with the car business, even though they are both means of transportation.
Actually you are wrong - the horse business has everything to do with it, and not only that, did have everything to do with it (back when horses were actually #7).
If a car company thinks they are in the car business and not the transportation business they will go bankrupt as soon as new technology arrives.
Actually - that pretty much is happening right now. Car companies are selling "the experience" of driving a car, they are selling prestige, and looks. They are not selling transportation (just watch car ads).
That can work fine, and did work fine, until people don't have money for prestige and looks, and just want transportation. And then the company goes under.
No, I am not interested in the TIOBE index. But it was used in the article to show that Perl is losing relevance. I just felt it was not a very significant indicator for that particular conclusion.
Maybe by numbers horses and mules are still the most important means of transport in the world. Doesn't mean that I should worry about buying a horse now.