Ada

Based on 8054 responses from 735 people, we've built up the following picture of Ada

Most similar to

  1. Eiffel
  2. D
  3. Delphi
  4. Pascal
  5. Standard ML

Most dissimilar from

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

All statements

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