Technologies I like right now include: Javascript, Tibet, Mozart, Postgresql and Perl.
I borrowed the 1999 stats here from Larry Wall's 1999 talk(which borrowed figures and methodology from Ted Sheih) mentioned in the claim JSWins(of which I am the judge).
| 4/6/00 | 8/14/99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 238415 | - | 132000 | - |
| Java | 59096 | 0.248 | 23000 | 0.174 |
| JavaScript | 19550 | 0.082 | 7000 | 0.053 |
| JavaScript/Java proportion Ratio | - | 0.331 | - | 0.304 |
| Perl | 22647 | 0.095 | 10000 | 0.076 |