Task: Rosetta Code_Rank languages by popularity
Java: import  java.net.URL;
import  java.net.URLConnection;
import  java.io.*;
import  java.util.*;

public class GetRCLanguages
{
    
    
    private static class LanguageComparator implements Comparator<String>
    {
        public int compare( String a, String b )
        {
            
            int result = ( b.charAt( 0 ) - a.charAt( 0 ) );
            if( result == 0 )
            {
                
                result = a.compareTo( b );
            } 
        return result;
        } 
    } 

    
    private static String after( String text, int marker )
    {
        String result = "";
        int    pos    = text.indexOf( marker );
        if( pos >= 0 )
        {
            
            result = text.substring( pos + 1 );
        } 
    return result;
    } 

    
    
    public static void parseContent( String path
                                   , String[] gcmcontinue
                                   , ArrayList<String> languageList
                                   )
    {
        try
        {

            URL            url = new URL( path );
            URLConnection  rc  = url.openConnection();
            
            rc.setRequestProperty( "User-Agent", "" );
            BufferedReader bfr = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( rc.getInputStream() ) );
    
            gcmcontinue[0]      = "";
            String languageName = "?";
            String line         = bfr.readLine();
            while( line != null )
            {
                line = line.trim();
                if     ( line.startsWith( "[title]" ) )
                {
                    
                    languageName = after( line, ':' ).trim();
                }
                else if( line.startsWith( "[pages]" ) )
                {
                    
                    String pageCount = after( line, '>' ).trim();
                    if( pageCount.compareTo( "Array" ) != 0 )
                    {
                        
                        languageList.add( ( (char) Integer.parseInt( pageCount ) ) + languageName );
                        languageName = "?";
                    } 
                }
                else if( line.startsWith( "[gcmcontinue]" ) )
                {
                    
                    gcmcontinue[0] = after( line, '>' ).trim();
                } 
                line = bfr.readLine();
            } 
            bfr.close();
        }
        catch( Exception e )
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } 
    } 

    public static void main( String[] args )
    {
        
        ArrayList<String> languageList = new ArrayList<String>( 1000 );
        String[]          gcmcontinue  = new String[1];
        gcmcontinue[0]                 = "";
        do
        {
            String path = ( "http:
                          + "&generator=categorymembers"
                          + "&gcmtitle=Category:Programming%20Languages"
                          + "&gcmlimit=500"
                          + ( gcmcontinue[0].compareTo( "" ) == 0 ? "" : ( "&gcmcontinue=" + gcmcontinue[0] ) )
                          + "&prop=categoryinfo"
                          + "&format=txt"
                          );
            parseContent( path, gcmcontinue, languageList );
        }
        while( gcmcontinue[0].compareTo( "" ) != 0 );
        
        String[] languages = languageList.toArray(new String[]{});
        Arrays.sort( languages, new LanguageComparator() );
        
        int    lastTie    = -1;
        int    lastCount  = -1;
        for( int lPos = 0; lPos < languages.length; lPos ++ )
        {
            int    count = (int) ( languages[ lPos ].charAt( 0 ) );
            System.out.format( "%4d: %4d: %s\n"
                             , 1 + ( count == lastCount ? lastTie : lPos )
                             , count
                             , languages[ lPos ].substring( 1 )
                             );
            if( count != lastCount )
            {
                lastTie   = lPos;
                lastCount = count;
            } 
        } 
    } 
} 

VB:     
    
    
    


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)