programming languages

Rank

D

Based on 6994 responses from 516 people, this is the picture we've built up of D.

Most similar to...

  1. Go
  2. O'Caml
  3. Scala
  4. F#
  5. Haskell

Most dissimilar from...

  1. PHP
  2. Javascript
  3. Shell
  4. Java
  5. C

All statements

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