F#

Based on 9671 responses from 874 people, we've built up the following picture of F#

Most dissimilar from

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

All statements

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