programming languages

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Groovy

Based on 10896 responses from 908 people, this is the picture we've built up of Groovy.

Most similar to...

  1. Ruby
  2. TCL
  3. Io
  4. Lua
  5. Python

Most dissimilar from...

  1. C
  2. C++
  3. Assembler
  4. Fortran
  5. Java

All statements

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