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It used to be that serious developers mocked scripting languages as good only for patch-up jobs, but these days scripting languages are a popular option for Web and application developments. However, not all scripting languages are created equal. Which ones offer the best bets? Here’s a run-down of scripting language popularity based on programmer surveys, commit logs, search engine traffic and book sales data from O’Reilly:
Hot
- JavaScript
- Python
- Scala
- R
- PHP
Lukewarm
- Ruby
Not Hot
- Action Script
- Perl
