Task: Rosetta Code_Rank languages by popularity
C: #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

const char * lang_url = "http:
		"list=categorymembers&cmtitle=Category:Programming_Languages&"
		"cmlimit=500&format=json";
const char * cat_url = "http:

#define BLOCK 1024
char *get_page(const char *url)
{
	char cmd[1024];
	char *ptr, *buf;
	int bytes_read = 1, len = 0;
	sprintf(cmd, "wget -q \"%s\" -O -", url);
	FILE *fp = popen(cmd, "r");
	if (!fp) return 0;
	for (ptr = buf = 0; bytes_read > 0; ) {
		buf = realloc(buf, 1 + (len += BLOCK));
		if (!ptr) ptr = buf;
		bytes_read = fread(ptr, 1, BLOCK, fp);
		if (bytes_read <= 0) break;
		ptr += bytes_read;
	}
	*++ptr = '\0';
	return buf;
}

char ** get_langs(char *buf, int *l)
{
	char **arr = 0;
	for (*l = 0; (buf = strstr(buf, "Category:")) && (buf += 9); ++*l)
		for (	(*l)[arr = realloc(arr, sizeof(char*)*(1 + *l))] = buf;
			*buf != '"' || (*buf++ = 0);
			buf++);

	return arr;
}

typedef struct { const char *name; int count; } cnt_t;
cnt_t * get_cats(char *buf, char ** langs, int len, int *ret_len)
{
	char str[1024], *found;
	cnt_t *list = 0;
	int i, llen = 0;
	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
		sprintf(str, "/wiki/Category:%s", langs[i]);
		if (!(found = strstr(buf, str))) continue;
		buf = found + strlen(str);

		if (!(found = strstr(buf, "</a> ("))) continue;
		list = realloc(list, sizeof(cnt_t) * ++llen);
		list[llen - 1].name = langs[i];
		list[llen - 1].count = strtol(found + 6, 0, 10);
	}
	*ret_len = llen;
	return list;
}

int _scmp(const void *a, const void *b)
{
	int x = ((const cnt_t*)a)->count, y = ((const cnt_t*)b)->count;
	return x < y ? -1 : x > y;
}

int main()
{
	int len, clen;
	char ** langs = get_langs(get_page(lang_url), &len);
	cnt_t *cats = get_cats(get_page(cat_url), langs, len, &clen);
	qsort(cats, clen, sizeof(cnt_t), _scmp);
	while (--clen >= 0)
		printf("%4d %s\n", cats[clen].count, cats[clen].name);

	return 0;
}

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;
            } 
        } 
    } 
}