programming languages

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Ada

Based on 8870 responses from 748 people, this is the picture we've built up of Ada.

Most similar to...

  1. Eiffel
  2. D
  3. Go
  4. Pascal
  5. Fortran

Most dissimilar from...

  1. Javascript
  2. Perl
  3. Shell
  4. PHP
  5. ELisp

All statements

  1. If my code in this language successfully compiles, there is a good chance my code is correct.
  2. This language encourages writing code that is easy to maintain.
  3. This language has a strong static type system
  4. Code written in this language tends to be very reliable
  5. This language is large
  6. This language is suitable for real-time applications
  7. This language is best for very large projects
  8. Code written in this language tends to be verbose
  9. This language has a very rigid idea of how things should be done
  10. When I write code in this language I can be very sure it is correct
  11. I would use this language for writing programs for an embedded hardware platform
  12. This language has a very dogmatic community
  13. This language excels at concurrency
  14. Programs written in this language will usually work in future versions of the language
  15. Code written in this language is very readable
  16. This language encourages writing reusable code.
  17. This language is well documented
  18. It is easy to tell at a glance what code in this language does
  19. This language is good for distributed computing
  20. This language is good for numeric computing
  21. Learning this language significantly changed how I use other languages.
  22. Code written in this language will usually run in all the major implementations if it runs in one of them.
  23. This language has a niche in which it is great
  24. I would like to write more of this language than I currently do
  25. This language is good for scientific computing
  26. Learning this language improved my ability as a programmer
  27. This language matches it's problem domain particularly well.
  28. This language has a high quality implementation
  29. This language has a very coherent design
  30. There is a lot of accidental complexity when writing code in this language
  31. I usually use this language on projects with many other members
  32. I would use this language for writing embedded programs
  33. I am sometimes embarrassed to admit to my peers that I know this language
  34. Writing code in this language is a lot of work
  35. This language has well-organized libraries with consistent, carefully thought-out interfaces
  36. This is a low level language
  37. I rarely have difficulty abstracting patterns I find in my code
  38. This language allows me to write programs where I know exactly what they are doing under the hood
  39. Programs written in this language tend to be efficient
  40. I would use this language for writing server programs
  41. This language has unusual features that I often miss when using other languages
  42. This language is expressive
  43. I find it easy to write efficient code in this language
  44. This language is good for beginners
  45. I find code written in this language very elegant
  46. I would use this language to write a command-line app
  47. It is easy to debug programs written in this language when it goes wrong
  48. Developers who primarily use this language often burn out after a few years
  49. This language has many features which feel "tacked on"
  50. This language has a wide variety of agreed-upon conventions, which are generally adhered to reasonably well, and which increase my productivity
  51. I would recommend most programmers learn this language, regardless of whether they have a specific need for it
  52. This language is easier to use for it's problem domain by removing unneeded expressiveness (such as not being Turing complete).
  53. This language is unusually bad for beginners
  54. I would list this language on my resume
  55. Programs written in this language tend to play well with others
  56. This language has a good library distribution mechanism.
  57. This language would be good for teaching children to write software
  58. If this language didn't exist, I would have trouble finding a satisfactory replacement
  59. The semantics of this language are much different than other languages I know.
  60. This language is likely to be a passing fad
  61. I am reluctant to admit to knowing this language
  62. I often get angry when writing code in this language
  63. Libraries in this language tend to be well documented.
  64. When I run into problems my colleagues can provide me with immediate help with this language
  65. I still discover new features of this language on a fairly regular basis
  66. This is a high level language
  67. The thought that I may still be using this language in twenty years time fills me with dread
  68. The resources for learning this language are of high quality
  69. It's unusual for me to discover unfamiliar features
  70. I would use this language for mobile applications
  71. This language is likely to have a strong influence on future languages
  72. I enjoy using this language
  73. I often feel like I am not smart enough to write this language
  74. I use a lot of code written in this language which I really don't want to have to make changes to
  75. This language has a niche outside of which I would not use it
  76. I can imagine using this language in my day job
  77. This language excels at text processing
  78. I enjoy playing with this language but would never use it for "real code"
  79. This language is built on a small core of orthogonal features
  80. This language excels at symbolic manipulation
  81. I use this language out of choice
  82. This language is very flexible
  83. I would use this language for a web project
  84. I learned this language early in my career as a programmer
  85. This language is well suited for an agile development approach using short iterations.
  86. There are many good tools for this language
  87. There are many good commercial tools for this language
  88. Third-party libraries are readily available, well-documented, and of high quality
  89. This language is likely to be around for a very long time
  90. I would use this language for a desktop GUI project
  91. I know many other people who use this language
  92. I find this language easy to prototype in
  93. There are many good open-source tools for this language
  94. This language has a good community
  95. I can imagine this will be a popular language in twenty years time
  96. This language has an annoying syntax
  97. I usually use this language on solo projects
  98. I regularly use this language
  99. I often write things in this language with the intent of rewriting them in something else later
  100. This language is frequently used for applications it isn't suitable for
  101. I would use this language for casual scripting
  102. It is too easy to write code in this language that looks like it does one thing but actually does something else
  103. I know this language well
  104. There is a wide variety of open source code written in this language
  105. This language is best for very small projects
  106. This language is minimal
  107. This is a mainstream language
  108. I use many applications written in this language
  109. This language makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot
  110. I would use this language as a scripting language embedded inside a larger application
  111. Code written in this language tends to be terse