I agree about specifying what's meant by "popularity".
Thing is I'm actually interested in the complete opposite of what you say you're interested in.
Couldn't care less about paid programmer time and the job market.
What do people use when they aren't getting paid by someone else to program? What do they write about? What would they like/want to use? Who's got the greatest grass-roots/continuing community not focused around apps, corporations and business sponsorship?
Thing is I'm actually interested in the complete opposite of what you say you're interested in.
Couldn't care less about paid programmer time and the job market.
What do people use when they aren't getting paid by someone else to program? What do they write about? What would they like/want to use? Who's got the greatest grass-roots/continuing community not focused around apps, corporations and business sponsorship?