What languages are instructors recommending? To get an approximate

idea, I gave the query <tt>norvig russell "Modern Approach"</tt> along with

the names of various languages and looked at the estimated counts of results on

various dates:

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<tr><th>Language<th>Sep 2004<th>Feb 2005<th>Jun 2007<th>Jan 2010<th>Feb 2016

<tr><td> <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=norvig+russell+%22Modern+Approach%22"> <i>none</i></a><td align=right> 8,080<td align=right>20,100<td align=right>75,200<td align=right>150,000<td align=right>132,000

<tr><td> <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=java+norvig+russell+%22Modern+Approach%22">java </a><td align=right> 1,990<td align=right>4,930<td align=right>44,200<td align=right>37,000<td align=right>50,000

<tr><td> <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=c%2B%2B+norvig+russell+%22Modern+Approach%22">c++ </a><td align=right> 875<td align=right>1,820<td align=right>35,300<td align=right>105,000<td align=right>35,000

<tr><td> <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=lisp+norvig+russell+%22Modern+Approach%22">lisp </a><td align=right> 844<td align=right>974<td align=right>30,100<td align=right>19,000<td align=right>14,000

<tr><td> <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=prolog+norvig+russell+%22Modern+Approach%22">prolog </a><td align=right> 789<td align=right>2,010<td align=right>23,200<td align=right>17,000<td align=right>16,000

<tr><td> <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=python+norvig+russell+%22Modern+Approach%22">python </a><td align=right> 785<td align=right>1,240<td align=right>18,400<td align=right>11,000<td align=right>12,000

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