programming languages

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J

Based on 2499 responses from 200 people, this is the picture we've built up of J.

Most similar to...

  1. Haskell
  2. O'Caml
  3. Standard ML
  4. F#
  5. Coq

Most dissimilar from...

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

All statements

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