What do you think about this ? http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index/tekst.htm

Do you think that is true?

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I was amazed to find C above C++ (right where I would put it )

I didn't know Java was that big actually, I thought many others would have beaten it. Anyway, IMHO there are some major questions about method and significance surrounding this "survey" (or whatever it is).

Yes, when it comes to popularity, Java is BIG (although most of the stuff written with it is pure garbage IMHO). I was suprised to see PHP making number 4 ? maybe I should try the new PHP5 sometime ...
you can see a speed comparison of some languages (and compilers) here
http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=all&sort=cpu

Kinda interesting that Java is so popular. I know it currently reigns supreme in the academic world but from what I've seen Java's only really used professionally when people are too lazy to do proper ports or their just using it because of the hype. I really want to see what happens with it in the next few years.