programming languages

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Clojure

Based on 19635 responses from 1417 people, this is the picture we've built up of Clojure.

Most similar to...

  1. Haskell
  2. F#
  3. Scala
  4. Smalltalk
  5. REBOL

Most dissimilar from...

  1. C++
  2. PHP
  3. Visual Basic
  4. C
  5. Fortran

All statements

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