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Ok, let's do that:

    1	1		Java	12.961%	-6.05%
    2	2		C	6.477%	-4.83%
    3	3		C++	5.550%	-0.25%
    4	4		C#	4.195%	-0.71%
    5	5		Python	3.692%	-0.71%
    6	8	change	Visual Basic .NET	2.569%	+0.05%
    7	6	change	PHP	2.293%	-0.88%
    8	7	change	JavaScript	2.098%	-0.61%
    9	9		Perl	1.995%	-0.52%
   10	12	change	Ruby
Of TCL's brethren

Python, BDFL

PHP, BDFL

Perl, BDFL

Ruby, BDFL

The rest (even though you wouldn't compare them to TCL cuz they're not in the same niche) have/had huge corporate sponsors and/or are entrenched industry standards and have also had iconic/notable figureheads (Gosling, K&R, Stroustrup, Hejlsberg, Eich).




Perl probably shouldn't be in that list. It's arguable that Larry has had any direct influence on it for at least ten years, perhaps 15.




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