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Objective-C's dip in popularity tied to decline in iPad and iPhone
The language used for Apple iOS app development drops a notch in Tiobe index
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JavaScript's popularity rankings vary widely
Indexes of programming languages say one thing, but GitHub's rankings tells a different story about JavaScript's popularity
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Ruby programmers offered a touch of luxury in Paris
Open source Ruby programmers are being offered an elegant conference venue in Paris this May, with the organisers promising that the food will match the "elegant code they produce".
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Major iOS developer forum hack leaves many vulnerable
The administrators of a popular iOS developer Web forum called iPhoneDevSDK have confirmed that it had been compromised by hackers who used it to launch attacks against its users.
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Android helps Java retake lead in language popularity race
Recent security problems aside, Java moves past C in Tiobe's language popularity index thanks to its ties to Android development
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Fedora 18 finally reaches beta phase following delays
Fedora 18 has been released in beta after a number of delays for the Linux-based distribution.
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PHP creator Rasmus Lerdorf extolls language's modest start
It is one of the widely used programming languages across the Web today, but PHP was created with decidedly modest ambitions, according to the creator of the language.
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Apple popularity boosts Objective-C language above C++
Tiobe's language usage index now has the Objective-C language used for building iPad and iPhone apps taking third place, knocking C++ to fourth
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C is still leading over Java, but Tiobe index's accuracy is questioned
An important PHP developer dismissed the validity of Tiobe's language survey, which has C continuing to displace Java as the most popular language
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Red Hat releases OpenShift source code
Open source software distributor Red Hat has released the source code for its OpenShift platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering, allowing developers to run the platform on multiple cloud fabrics, including OpenStack.
