Task: Rosetta Code_Rank languages by popularity
Go: package main

import (
	"encoding/xml"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"io/ioutil"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"regexp"
	"sort"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
)

var baseQuery = "http:
	"&format=xml&list=categorymembers&cmlimit=500"

func req(u string, foundCm func(string)) string {
	resp, err := http.Get(u)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err) 
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	for p := xml.NewDecoder(resp.Body); ; {
		t, err := p.RawToken()
		switch s, ok := t.(xml.StartElement); {
		case err == io.EOF:
			return ""
		case err != nil:
			log.Fatal(err)
		case !ok:
			continue
		case s.Name.Local == "cm":
			for _, a := range s.Attr {
				if a.Name.Local == "title" {
					foundCm(a.Value)
				}
			}
		case s.Name.Local == "categorymembers" && len(s.Attr) > 0 &&
			s.Attr[0].Name.Local == "cmcontinue":
			return url.QueryEscape(s.Attr[0].Value)
		}
	}
	return ""
}


type pop struct {
	string
	int
}
type popList []pop

func (pl popList) Len() int      { return len(pl) }
func (pl popList) Swap(i, j int) { pl[i], pl[j] = pl[j], pl[i] }
func (pl popList) Less(i, j int) bool {
	switch d := pl[i].int - pl[j].int; {
	case d > 0:
		return true
	case d < 0:
		return false
	}
	return pl[i].string < pl[j].string
}

func main() {
	
	langMap := make(map[string]bool)
	storeLang := func(cm string) {
		if strings.HasPrefix(cm, "Category:") {
			cm = cm[9:]
		}
		langMap[cm] = true
	}
	languageQuery := baseQuery + "&cmtitle=Category:Programming_Languages"
	continueAt := req(languageQuery, storeLang)
	for continueAt != "" {
		continueAt = req(languageQuery+"&cmcontinue="+continueAt, storeLang)
	}
	
	s := make(popList, 0, len(langMap))

	
	resp, err := http.Get("http:
		"?title=Special:Categories&limit=5000")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	page, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	resp.Body.Close()

	
	rx := regexp.MustCompile("<li><a.*>(.*)</a>.*[(]([0-9]+) member")
	for _, sm := range rx.FindAllSubmatch(page, -1) {
		ls := string(sm[1])
		if langMap[ls] {
			if n, err := strconv.Atoi(string(sm[2])); err == nil {
				s = append(s, pop{ls, n})
			}
		}
	}

	
	sort.Sort(s)
	lastCnt, lastIdx := -1, 1
	for i, lang := range s {
		if lang.int != lastCnt {
			lastCnt = lang.int
			lastIdx = i + 1
		}
		fmt.Printf("%3d. %3d - %s\n", lastIdx, lang.int, lang.string)
	}
}

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URL1 = "http://www.rosettacode.org/mw/api.php?format=json&action=query&generator=categorymembers&gcmtitle=Category:Programming%20Languages&gcmlimit=500&prop=categoryinfo&rawcontinue"
URL2 = "http://www.rosettacode.org/mw/api.php?format=json&action=query&generator=categorymembers&gcmtitle=Category:Programming%20Languages&gcmlimit=500&prop=categoryinfo&gcmcontinue="


Function ScrapeGoat(link)
    On Error Resume Next
    ScrapeGoat = ""
    Err.Clear
    Set objHttp = CreateObject("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP")
    objHttp.Open "GET", link, False
    objHttp.Send
    If objHttp.Status = 200 And Err = 0 Then ScrapeGoat = objHttp.ResponseText
    Set objHttp = Nothing
End Function


Set HTML = CreateObject("HtmlFile")
Set HTMLWindow = HTML.ParentWindow


    
    
    

On Error Resume Next

isComplete = 0    
cntLoop = 0       
Set outputData = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")

Do
    
    If cntLoop = 0 Then strData = ScrapeGoat(URL1) Else strData = ScrapeGoat(URL2 & gcmCont)
    If Len(strData) = 0 Then
        Set HTML = Nothing
        WScript.StdErr.WriteLine "Processing of data stopped because API query failed."
        WScript.Quit(1)
    End If

    
    HTMLWindow.ExecScript "var json = " & strData, "JavaScript"
    Set ObjJS = HTMLWindow.json

    Err.Clear    
    batchCompl = ObjJS.BatchComplete
    If Err.Number = 438 Then
        
        gcmCont = ObjJS.[Query-Continue].CategoryMembers.gcmContinue
    Else
        isComplete = 1    
    End If

    
    HTMLWindow.ExecScript "var langs=new Array(); for(var lang in json.query.pages){langs.push(lang);}" & _
                          "var nums=langs.length;", "JavaScript"
    Set arrLangs = HTMLWindow.langs
    arrLength = HTMLWindow.nums

    For i = 0 to arrLength - 1
        BuffStr = "ObjJS.Query.Pages.[" & Eval("arrLangs.[" & i & "]") & "]"
        EachStr = Eval(BuffStr & ".title")

        Err.Clear
        CntLang =  Eval(BuffStr & ".CategoryInfo.Pages")
        If InStr(EachStr, "Category:") = 1 And Err.Number = 0 Then
            outputData.Add Replace(EachStr, "Category:", "", 1, 1), CntLang
        End If
    Next

    cntLoop = cntLoop + 1
Loop While isComplete = 0



arrRelease = Array()
ReDim arrRelease(UBound(outputData.Keys), 1)

outKeys = outputData.Keys
outItem = outputData.Items
For i = 0 To UBound(outKeys)
    arrRelease(i, 0) = outKeys(i)
    arrRelease(i, 1) = outItem(i)
Next


For i = 0 to UBound(arrRelease, 1)
    For j = 0 to UBound(arrRelease, 1) - 1
        If arrRelease(j, 1) < arrRelease(j + 1, 1) Then
            temp1 = arrRelease(j + 1, 0)
            temp2 = arrRelease(j + 1, 1)
            arrRelease(j + 1, 0) = arrRelease(j, 0)
            arrRelease(j + 1, 1) = arrRelease(j, 1)
            arrRelease(j, 0) = temp1
            arrRelease(j, 1) = temp2
        End If
    Next
Next


Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set txtOut = objFSO.CreateTextFile(".\OutVBRC.txt", True, True)

txtOut.WriteLine "As of " & Now & ", RC has " & UBound(arrRelease) + 1 & " languages."
txtOut.WriteLine ""
For i = 0 to UBound(arrRelease)
    txtOut.WriteLine arrRelease(i, 1) & " Examples - " & arrRelease(i, 0)
Next


Set HTML = Nothing
Set objFSO = Nothing
WScript.Quit(0)