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Tim Bunce
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Tim Bunce writes Not this..., a personal blog at blog.timbunce.org about programming. Since 2008, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 18 times, most often “TIOBE Index is being gamed”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite Tim Bunce's posts as sources against the TIOBE programming-language index, on Perl myths and NYTProf, and on podcast transcription services. Commenters link them without judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Listen. Reflect. Explore. Solve.
Most-linked posts?
- TIOBE Index is being gamed3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2012-09-26
- TIOBE programming community index – "Lies, damned lies, and statistics"2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-05-27
- /2008/03/08/perl-myths/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-07-30
What Hacker News says?
FWIW I'd just finished a large blog post researching ways to automate podcast transcription and subsequent NLP. It includes lots of links to relevant research, tools, and services. Also includes discussion of the pros and cons of various services (Google/MS/Nuance/IBM/Vocapia etc.) and the value of vocabulary uploads and speaker profiles. http://blog.timbunce.org/2016/03/22/semi-automated-podcast-t...
Comment linking /2016/03/22/semi-automated-podcast-transcription-2/
on “Google opens access to its speech recognition API”Submitted A Comparison of Automatic Speech Recognition Systems as a story · 66 points
HN discussionSure. http://blog.timbunce.org/2009/05/17/tiobe-index-is-being-gam...
Comment linking /2009/05/17/tiobe-index-is-being-gamed/
on “Python is doing just fine”Submitted NYTProf v4 – Now with string-eval x-ray vision! (Perl profiler) as a story · 10 points
HN discussionTIOBE's methodology is pretty controversial[0], I wouldn't read anything into changes as small as this. [0] http://blog.timbunce.org/2009/05/17/tiobe-index-is-being-gam...
Comment linking /2009/05/17/tiobe-index-is-being-gamed/
on “Free Pascal 2.6.2 is released”Submitted Introducing Devel::SizeMe – Visualizing Perl Memory Use as a story · 5 points
HN discussionIt didn't fall out of favour, Perl usage is growing every year. The "market" expanded as a whole, admitting newer languages. http://blog.timbunce.org/2008/03/08/perl-myths/
Comment linking /2008/03/08/perl-myths/
on “The strict Pragma is a Cultural Marker”Submitted Java2perl6api – Java to Perl 6 API translation – What, Why, and Whereto as a story · 3 points
HN discussionTIOBE is crap. See Tim Bunce's analysis of TIOBE ( http://blog.timbunce.org/2008/04/12/tiobe-or-not-tiobe-lies-... ) for details. Why do people keep quoting TIOBE like it means something?
Comment linking /2008/04/12/tiobe-or-not-tiobe-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/
on “The Second Age of Perl”Submitted Reflections on Perl and DBI from an Early Contributor as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI didn't see it in the slides but it maybe Tim being a bit modest because he didn't mention NYTProf: * http://search.cpan.org/dist/Devel-NYTProf/ * http://blog.timbunce.org/2008/07/15/nytprof-v2-a-major-advan... For more testing stuff checkout the Perl5 wiki: http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl5/index.cgi?testing
Comment linking /2008/07/15/nytprof-v2-a-major-advance-in-perl-profilers/
on “Perl Myths Talk 2009”Submitted TIOBE Index is being gamed as a story · 2 points
HN discussionTIOBE is garbage ( http://blog.timbunce.org/2008/04/12/tiobe-or-not-tiobe-lies-... ). I'm so tired of people accepting it uncritically.
Comment linking /2008/04/12/tiobe-or-not-tiobe-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/
on “Latest TIOBE index - Python overtakes VB for the first time ever”Submitted TIOBE programming community index – "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI know for a fact that I watched a video of this presentation in the Spring...OSCON must have been a re-run. Here it is: http://blog.timbunce.org/2008/03/08/perl-myths/
Comment linking /2008/03/08/perl-myths/
on “Perl Myths (slides from OSCON 2008)”Submitted NYTProf v3 – Worth the wait as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI want to offer a better metric: Scala is number 15 on GitHub. Answering the question: Yes, it is. - Scala is bringing the best combination of functional and OO programming to the masses. - New languages out there are asked "how do you improve on Scala?", which is a huge change, considering that a few years ago Java was the main comparison target. - Languages like Java or C# are adopting improvements from Scala, whi…
Comment linking /2009/05/17/tiobe-index-is-being-gamed/
on “Rated at position #34 (after Scratch) is Scala really important?”Submitted A Space for Thought as a story · 1 points
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