Life span of computing langues and such

[Tom Johnson]

This topic/data set harkens back to a discussion at least two years old around the SFX on the genealogy of computer languages.  Well, sorta.

DRMacIver writes:
"So I have this site, http://therighttool.hammerprinciple.com

It's about ranking programming languages according to how well various statements apply to them. I've got a lot of interesting data, and I'm doing nightly data dumps of it: http://data.hammerprinciple.com/the-right-tool.tar.bz2

I'm not an infovis person (I've done a bit, but I suck at it), so I've mostly been focusing on numeric and text measures: Descriptions, similar languages and statements, etc, but I'd love it if someone who was interested would play with some interesting visualisations of it.

So, anyone up for it?"

-tj
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Processing

•  Model Name: Mac Pro

•  Model Identifier: MacPro2,1

•  Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon

•  Processor Speed: 3 GHz

•  Number Of Processors: 2

•  Total Number Of Cores: 8

•  L2 Cache (per processor): 8 MB

•  Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz

•  Boot ROM Version: MP21.007F.B06

Memory

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•  Memory: 8 GB

Graphics and displays

Double-wide, 16-lane PCI Express 2.0 graphics slot with the following graphics card installed:

•  NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT

•  Supports digital resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 pixels

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Storage

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•  Sony Optiarc 18x DVD / CD Multi Writer (DVD¬±R¬†DL/DVD¬±RW/CD-RW)

Connections and Audio

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•  Front-panel headphone minijack and internal speak

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PCI Express expansion

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All slots provide mechanical support for 16-lane cards

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Software

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