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Estas dos preguntas del FAQ del indice nos dicen mucho sobre los parametros que tomaron en cuenta para realizar la medición:

Empezado por FAQ of TPC Index

Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What definition of programming languages has been used?

A: The adopted definition is "any computer language which is either interpreted or compiled and is capable of manipulating data". Based on this definition languages such as HTML and XML are not considered programming languages. ASP is also not because it is regarded a technique that makes use of other languages such as JavaScript and VBScript.

Q: How are dialects of languages grouped?
A: Some languages are grouped together because they are very similar to each other. An example is the language entry Basic which covers Visual Basic, QBasic, Microsoft Basic, etc. VB.NET is an exception to this rule because it differs too much from classic Visual Basic versions. The ratings for a collection of languages is calculated by taking the maximum of all individual entries. BTW, assembly languages are not grouped in the index because they differ so much from each other in our opinion that they are treated separately.

Por otra parte si se toman en cuenta otros valores tal vez los puestos de esta clasificación cambien dramaticamente, esta lista deberia ser tomada como una información de referencia, tal como dice el compadre kinobi:

Empezado por kinobi

...esa parece ser la razón final de la lista...

y no debemos plantearla como la "verdad verdadera" o darle otras visiones que se alejan de la intención original.

Saludos a todos