I believe you are overestimating /prog/ in 2010.
http://dis.4chan.org/list/prog/402
16041 Programmer needed. 16 4 Feb 2011 17:47
16042 K and R 26 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 10:01
16043 HMA.py 84 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 10:01
16044 Inject sum SQL 13 4 Feb 2011 19:49
16045 Offshore Outsourcing 28 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 10:01
16046 mothafugcing porgon 8 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 10:02
16047 That evil J language that must not be named 19 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 10:02
16048 A NEW ERA 11 18 Feb 2011 14:20
16049 PHP 11 17 Feb 2011 19:49
16050 PIFTS.exe 13 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 10:02
16051 Have you read your taocp today? 29 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 10:02
16052 ? 9 3 Feb 2011 07:00
16053 Why ... Sucks 50 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 10:03
16054 U MENA HASKAL? 7 4 Feb 2011 18:44
16055 Shity toho thread 48 26 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 21:54
16056 What makes a good programmer? 33 22 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 05:57
16057 Webserver module for python? 15 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 10:03
16058 fastest c/c++ compilers 30 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 10:04
16059 Quotes 11 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 10:04
16060 I found a site which 14 4 Feb 2011 18:04
16061 XOR bubble sort 33 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 10:04
16062 Sussman made nondeterministic programming 5 18 Feb 2011 20:04
16063 Fored indentation wut? 17 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 08:56
16064 GML 9 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 08:56
16065 Baby's first C 24 27 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 07:01
16066 Edwin font size 11 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 08:56
16067 Why I Hate All Computer Programming Languages 37 6 Dec
[/b]2010
[/b] 08:56