programming languages

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F#

Based on 11473 responses from 879 people, this is the picture we've built up of F#.

Most similar to...

  1. Haskell
  2. Scala
  3. Clojure
  4. O'Caml
  5. Common Lisp

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. This language excels at concurrency
  3. The semantics of this language are much different than other languages I know.
  4. When I write code in this language I can be very sure it is correct
  5. This language has a strong static type system
  6. If my code in this language successfully compiles, there is a good chance my code is correct.
  7. I enjoy using this language
  8. This is a high level language
  9. This language is good for scientific computing
  10. This language has unusual features that I often miss when using other languages
  11. This language excels at symbolic manipulation
  12. Code written in this language tends to be terse
  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. This language has well-organized libraries with consistent, carefully thought-out interfaces
  19. Code written in this language tends to be very reliable
  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 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. This language excels at text processing
  30. I can imagine this will be a popular language in twenty years time
  31. I would recommend most programmers learn this language, regardless of whether they have a specific need for it
  32. Code written in this language is very readable
  33. I can imagine using this language in my day job
  34. This language has a very coherent design
  35. I find it easy to write efficient code in this language
  36. I would use this language for casual scripting
  37. This language is likely to be a passing fad
  38. I would use this language for a desktop GUI project
  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. It is easy to debug programs written in this language when it goes wrong
  44. This language is best for very small projects
  45. This language has a high quality implementation
  46. Programs written in this language tend to be efficient
  47. This language is well suited for an agile development approach using short iterations.
  48. I would use this language as a scripting language embedded inside a larger application
  49. I would use this language to write a command-line app
  50. This language is best for very large projects
  51. It is easy to tell at a glance what code in this language does
  52. This language has a good library distribution mechanism.
  53. This language is easier to use for it's problem domain by removing unneeded expressiveness (such as not being Turing complete).
  54. This language matches it's problem domain particularly well.
  55. If this language didn't exist, I would have trouble finding a satisfactory replacement
  56. This language is built on a small core of orthogonal features
  57. I would list this language on my resume
  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. I often write things in this language with the intent of rewriting them in something else later
  65. I often get angry when writing code in this language
  66. This language would be good for teaching children to write software
  67. This language has a wide variety of agreed-upon conventions, which are generally adhered to reasonably well, and which increase my productivity
  68. This language has a good community
  69. The resources for learning this language are of high quality
  70. There are many good tools for this language
  71. This language has a very rigid idea of how things should be done
  72. This language has an annoying syntax
  73. I regularly use this language
  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. This language is minimal
  80. I would use this language for mobile applications
  81. Third-party libraries are readily available, well-documented, and of high quality
  82. This language is good for beginners
  83. There are many good commercial tools for this language
  84. I know this language well
  85. This language is suitable for real-time applications
  86. This language allows me to write programs where I know exactly what they are doing under the hood
  87. I use a lot of code written in this language which I really don't want to have to make changes to
  88. Programs written in this language will usually work in future versions of the language
  89. I usually use this language on projects with many other members
  90. I would use this language for writing programs for an embedded hardware platform
  91. This language is frequently used for applications it isn't suitable for
  92. This language has a very dogmatic community
  93. I am sometimes embarrassed to admit to my peers that I know this language
  94. I am reluctant to admit to knowing this language
  95. This is a mainstream language
  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. This language makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot
  105. There is a lot of accidental complexity when writing code in this language
  106. This is a low level language
  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