programming languages

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Fortran

Based on 16213 responses from 1220 people, this is the picture we've built up of Fortran.

Most similar to...

  1. Cobol
  2. Pascal
  3. Assembler
  4. Ada
  5. Objective C

Most dissimilar from...

  1. Ruby
  2. Python
  3. Clojure
  4. Groovy
  5. Scala

All statements

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