programming languages

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TCL

Based on 10180 responses from 768 people, this is the picture we've built up of TCL.

Most similar to...

  1. Io
  2. Lua
  3. Groovy
  4. AWK
  5. ELisp

Most dissimilar from...

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

All statements

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