Programming Languages
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:27 pm
I'm wondering, how is the rank determined in the Programming Languages section?
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Re: Programming Languages
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:43 pm
As a language should be ranked by a combination of how well it performs (measured by average user rating) and its popularity (number of users) I came up with the formula: (Average User Rating)*log(Number of Users).
Re: Programming Languages
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:06 pm
That sounds sensible.
How well a language performs says more about the users than about the language itself I think. For example, Fortran users are probably a bit older (no harm intended
) and thus have less time available to solve the problems. Whereas mathematica and maple is used by students mainly and I, for one, have nearly all day to solve problems 
How well a language performs says more about the users than about the language itself I think. For example, Fortran users are probably a bit older (no harm intended
) and thus have less time available to solve the problems. Whereas mathematica and maple is used by students mainly and I, for one, have nearly all day to solve problems Re: Programming Languages
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:44 pm
Or much more time...if that bit is not so tiny.henk263 wrote:That sounds sensible.
For example, Fortran users are probably a bit older (no harm intended
One of the very nice things of Project Euler is that the members range from 18- to 80+