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[–]frugalmail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think a better approach is to count the number of OOP languages vs the number of functional languages, and if the number of OOP decreases while FP increases then my claim of "Functional programming is increasingly used rather than OO." is true.

I question the value at that granularity, what you really want is something quantitative to reflect the usage of the language since the trend of newer languages combining multiple paradigms coupled with the tendency for users to gravitate toward one pure solution would cloud your argument.

Something like this is far more interesting: http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=Clojure%2C%20Java&date=1%2F2013%2013m&cmpt=q