programming languages

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C#

Based on 65347 responses from 5446 people, this is the picture we've built up of C#.

Most similar to...

  1. Java
  2. Delphi
  3. Ada
  4. Python
  5. Scala

Most dissimilar from...

  1. Forth
  2. Assembler
  3. Shell
  4. APL
  5. Prolog

All statements

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