programming languages

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Forth

Based on 10499 responses from 743 people, this is the picture we've built up of Forth.

Most similar to...

  1. REBOL
  2. Scheme
  3. Io
  4. APL
  5. Factor

Most dissimilar from...

  1. Java
  2. C#
  3. PHP
  4. C++
  5. Python

All statements

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