[R] Popularity of R, SAS, SPSS, Stata, Statistica, S-PLUS updated

[Allan Engelhardt]

Not R, but just to get the data (format is month year,week,count) to 
compare with your students' output:

perl -MLWP::UserAgent -e 'my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(); my $l = 
$ua->request(HTTP::Request->new(GET => 
qq{http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/sas-l.html}))->content(); while 
( $l =~ m{href=\"(/cgi-bin/wa\?A1=.*?)\">(.*?), \s week \s 
(\d)</a>}igxms ) { my ($m,$w) = ($2,$3); my $u = 
qq{http://www.listserv.uga.edu$1}; my $i = 
$ua->request(HTTP::Request->new(GET => qq{$u}))->content(); my $c = () = 
$i =~ m{href="/cgi-bin/wa\?A2}igxms; print qq{$m,$w,$c\n}; sleep(1); }'
March 2011,4,122
March 2011,3,255
March 2011,2,312
March 2011,1,318
February 2011,4,243
February 2011,3,230
February 2011,2,289
February 2011,1,354
January 2011,5,93
January 2011,4,345
January 2011,3,329
January 2011,2,385
January 2011,1,297
December 2010,5,110
December 2010,4,205
December 2010,3,290
December 2010,2,359
December 2010,1,311
November 2010,5,91
November 2010,4,246
November 2010,3,227
November 2010,2,262
November 2010,1,228
October 2010,5,51
October 2010,4,242
October 2010,3,212
October 2010,2,250
October 2010,1,384
September 2010,5,101
September 2010,4,345
September 2010,3,214
September 2010,2,287
September 2010,1,133
August 2010,5,90
August 2010,4,314
August 2010,3,242
August 2010,2,202
August 2010,1,234
July 2010,5,95
July 2010,4,231
July 2010,3,354
July 2010,2,306
July 2010,1,176
June 2010,5,98
June 2010,4,244
June 2010,3,147
June 2010,2,229
June 2010,1,216
May 2010,5,25
May 2010,4,237
May 2010,3,328
May 2010,2,261
May 2010,1,341
April 2010,5,167
April 2010,4,291
April 2010,3,324
April 2010,2,273
April 2010,1,288
March 2010,5,217
March 2010,4,351
March 2010,3,437
March 2010,2,524
March 2010,1,456
February 2010,4,473
February 2010,3,348
February 2010,2,379
February 2010,1,347
January 2010,5,108
January 2010,4,482
January 2010,3,387
January 2010,2,424
January 2010,1,398
December 2009,5,88
December 2009,4,252
December 2009,3,443
December 2009,2,373
December 2009,1,514
November 2009,5,158
November 2009,4,318
November 2009,3,461
November 2009,2,383
November 2009,1,494
October 2009,5,186
October 2009,4,515
October 2009,3,532
October 2009,2,547
October 2009,1,410
September 2009,5,209
September 2009,4,457
September 2009,3,435
September 2009,2,371
September 2009,1,355
August 2009,5,87
August 2009,4,528
August 2009,3,436
August 2009,2,526
August 2009,1,412
July 2009,5,270
July 2009,4,423
July 2009,3,449
July 2009,2,380
July 2009,1,346
June 2009,5,156
June 2009,4,390
June 2009,3,510
June 2009,2,473
June 2009,1,450
May 2009,5,107
May 2009,4,476
May 2009,3,487
May 2009,2,583
May 2009,1,494
April 2009,5,219
April 2009,4,592
April 2009,3,574
April 2009,2,516
April 2009,1,547
March 2009,5,284
March 2009,4,571
March 2009,3,553
March 2009,2,584
March 2009,1,691
February 2009,4,646
February 2009,3,508
February 2009,2,688
February 2009,1,489
[...]

Hope this helps a little.

Allan
(Who thinks it is very sad that he can remember that $c=()=$a=~$b 
construct...)


On 22/03/11 23:26, Bob Muenchen wrote:
>  On 3/22/2011 5:15 PM, Hadley Wickham wrote:
>>> I don't doubt that R may be the "most popular" in terms of 
>>> discussion group
>>> traffic, but you should be aware that the traffic for SAS comprises two
>>> separate lists that used to be mirrored, but are no longer linked
>>> Usenet --  news://comp.soft-sys.sas  (what you counted)
>>> listserve -- "SAS-L" http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/sas-l.html
>> R programming challenge: create a script that parses those html pages
>> to compute the total number of messages per week!  (Maybe I'll use
>> this in class)
>>
>> Hadley
>>
>
> That would be nice! I'd love to have all the sources, which includes 
> various company forums. Sounds like students could be kept busy for 
> quite a few projects. If any pull it off, please send it my way!
>
> Cheers,
> Bob
>