programming languages

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Eiffel

Based on 2897 responses from 244 people, this is the picture we've built up of Eiffel.

Most similar to...

  1. Ada
  2. Pascal
  3. Delphi
  4. Go
  5. Objective C

Most dissimilar from...

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

All statements

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