James Tauber's Blog 2006/01/13
Proof that Python Programmers are Smarter
The top three languages used in solving the Project Euler puzzles are, in order:
- C/C++ (227)
- Java (107)
- Python (91)
However, the average score of people using those languages:
- Python (31%)
- C/C++ (19%)
- Java (19%)
QED :-)
(NOTE: Delphi and APL/J/K programmers are even smarter, apparently)
UPDATE (2006-01-21): I may have inadvertently skewed the statistics by this post (and its appearance on Planet Python and the Daily Python URL).
Since my post, the number of C/C++ programmers has risen by 19%, the number of Java programmers by 13% but the number of Python programmers by 86%. So there are a disproportionate number of newcomers amongst the Python programmers. Because one starts off with a low score, the average score is skewed unless the Python-programming newcomers stick with it.
Note that even with this skewing, Python still beats C/C++ and Java for average programmer score :-)
by James Tauber : Created on Jan. 13, 2006 : Last modified Jan. 21, 2006 : Categories python : 2 comments (permalink)
Maths Challenge: Project Euler
I haven't started it yet but I can just tell that this is going to take up a lot of the time this weekend I was planning on spending on Leonardo, Demokritos and Quisition.
by James Tauber : Created on Jan. 13, 2006 : Last modified Jan. 13, 2006 : Categories mathematics : 4 comments (permalink)