programming languages

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Factor

Based on 2106 responses from 214 people, this is the picture we've built up of Factor.

Most similar to...

  1. REBOL
  2. Io
  3. Scheme
  4. Forth
  5. Standard ML

Most dissimilar from...

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

All statements

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