Javascript have had a massive popularity explosion yet the graph doesn't show any sign of it.<p>This kind of metrics has limited value. Not only popularity is not an absolute thing, it's also difficult to measure.<p>Us, hacker news readers, have fun with our javascript, coffesecript, ruby, etc. projects. But if you're in the corporate world you need to pull the heavy guns, not the good looking ones.<p>Many are saying tat java is the new cobol, that's a good metaphor IMO. And if it is, it's not going to go anywhere.<p>As for me, I wouldn't mind continuing firing up eclipse every day and proceed with my daily usage of java for the next 5-10 years.