programming languages

Rank

Fortran vs Assembler

  1. This is a high level language

    95% 5%
    Fortran 68 out of 71 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  2. This language is good for numeric computing

    93% 7%
    Fortran 74 out of 79 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  3. This language is good for scientific computing

    89% 11%
    Fortran 65 out of 73 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  4. I would use this language for casual scripting

    84% 16%
    Fortran 62 out of 73 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  5. It is easy to tell at a glance what code in this language does

    84% 16%
    Fortran 61 out of 72 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  6. This language encourages writing code that is easy to maintain.

    82% 18%
    Fortran 29 out of 35 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  7. Code written in this language tends to be very reliable

    81% 19%
    Fortran 65 out of 80 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  8. Third-party libraries are readily available, well-documented, and of high quality

    81% 19%
    Fortran 52 out of 64 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  9. This language has a strong static type system

    80% 20%
    Fortran 63 out of 78 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  10. This language is best for very large projects

    80% 20%
    Fortran 49 out of 61 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  11. Programs written in this language will usually work in future versions of the language

    80% 20%
    Fortran 49 out of 61 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  12. This language has well-organized libraries with consistent, carefully thought-out interfaces

    80% 20%
    Fortran 49 out of 61 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  13. I would use this language for a desktop GUI project

    79% 21%
    Fortran 50 out of 63 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  14. Libraries in this language tend to be well documented.

    78% 22%
    Fortran 22 out of 28 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  15. I am reluctant to admit to knowing this language

    78% 22%
    Fortran 51 out of 65 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  16. If my code in this language successfully compiles, there is a good chance my code is correct.

    77% 23%
    Fortran 21 out of 27 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  17. This language is large

    77% 23%
    Fortran 57 out of 74 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  18. Code written in this language is very readable

    76% 24%
    Fortran 49 out of 64 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  19. This language is likely to have a strong influence on future languages

    75% 25%
    Fortran 47 out of 62 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  20. I would use this language to write a command-line app

    75% 25%
    Fortran 65 out of 86 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  21. I rarely have difficulty abstracting patterns I find in my code

    75% 25%
    Fortran 49 out of 65 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  22. Code written in this language will usually run in all the major implementations if it runs in one of them.

    75% 25%
    Fortran 18 out of 24 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  23. This language is expressive

    74% 26%
    Fortran 53 out of 71 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  24. This language has many features which feel "tacked on"

    73% 27%
    Fortran 51 out of 69 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  25. This language is well suited for an agile development approach using short iterations.

    73% 27%
    Fortran 19 out of 26 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  26. I would use this language as a scripting language embedded inside a larger application

    72% 28%
    Fortran 48 out of 66 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  27. This language has a good library distribution mechanism.

    71% 29%
    Fortran 15 out of 21 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  28. This language excels at symbolic manipulation

    69% 31%
    Fortran 48 out of 69 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  29. I would use this language for a web project

    69% 31%
    Fortran 43 out of 62 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  30. The thought that I may still be using this language in twenty years time fills me with dread

    68% 32%
    Fortran 51 out of 74 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  31. This language excels at concurrency

    68% 32%
    Fortran 44 out of 64 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  32. This language excels at text processing

    68% 32%
    Fortran 45 out of 66 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  33. This language is likely to be a passing fad

    67% 33%
    Fortran 40 out of 59 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  34. This language is good for distributed computing

    67% 33%
    Fortran 37 out of 55 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  35. I am sometimes embarrassed to admit to my peers that I know this language

    66% 34%
    Fortran 40 out of 60 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  36. This language has a very rigid idea of how things should be done

    66% 34%
    Fortran 45 out of 68 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  37. It is easy to debug programs written in this language when it goes wrong

    65% 35%
    Fortran 42 out of 64 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  38. I would use this language for writing server programs

    65% 35%
    Fortran 40 out of 61 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  39. This language encourages writing reusable code.

    65% 35%
    Fortran 15 out of 23 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  40. There is a wide variety of open source code written in this language

    64% 36%
    Fortran 42 out of 65 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  41. I know many other people who use this language

    64% 36%
    Fortran 45 out of 70 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  42. This language is well documented

    63% 37%
    Fortran 42 out of 66 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  43. I find this language easy to prototype in

    63% 37%
    Fortran 42 out of 66 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  44. This language is good for beginners

    63% 37%
    Fortran 48 out of 76 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  45. This language has a wide variety of agreed-upon conventions, which are generally adhered to reasonably well, and which increase my productivity

    63% 37%
    Fortran 41 out of 65 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  46. There are many good tools for this language

    62% 38%
    Fortran 49 out of 78 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  47. I still discover new features of this language on a fairly regular basis

    62% 38%
    Fortran 32 out of 51 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  48. The resources for learning this language are of high quality

    62% 38%
    Fortran 37 out of 59 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  49. I find code written in this language very elegant

    62% 38%
    Fortran 46 out of 74 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  50. This language has a good community

    60% 40%
    Fortran 42 out of 69 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  51. I often write things in this language with the intent of rewriting them in something else later

    60% 40%
    Fortran 36 out of 60 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  52. When I write code in this language I can be very sure it is correct

    59% 41%
    Fortran 38 out of 64 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  53. I usually use this language on projects with many other members

    57% 43%
    Fortran 40 out of 70 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  54. Programs written in this language tend to play well with others

    56% 44%
    Fortran 37 out of 65 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  55. This language has a very dogmatic community

    56% 44%
    Fortran 33 out of 58 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  56. When I run into problems my colleagues can provide me with immediate help with this language

    55% 45%
    Fortran 36 out of 65 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  57. There are many good open-source tools for this language

    55% 45%
    Fortran 33 out of 60 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  58. There are many good commercial tools for this language

    54% 46%
    Fortran 36 out of 66 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  59. This language is frequently used for applications it isn't suitable for

    54% 46%
    Fortran 31 out of 57 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  60. I find it easy to write efficient code in this language

    54% 46%
    Fortran 39 out of 72 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  61. Code written in this language tends to be terse

    53% 47%
    Fortran 37 out of 69 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  62. This language has unusual features that I often miss when using other languages

    53% 47%
    Fortran 37 out of 69 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  63. This is a mainstream language

    52% 48%
    Fortran 20 out of 38 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  64. This language has a very coherent design

    52% 48%
    Fortran 34 out of 65 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  65. This language has an annoying syntax

    51% 49%
    Fortran 18 out of 35 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  66. I can imagine this will be a popular language in twenty years time

    50% 50%
    Fortran 35 out of 69 picked Fortran over Assembler Assembler

  67. This language matches it's problem domain particularly well.

    50% 50%
    Fortran 15 out of 30 each for Assembler and Fortran Assembler

  68. This language would be good for teaching children to write software

    50% 50%
    Fortran 12 out of 24 each for Assembler and Fortran Assembler

  69. I can imagine using this language in my day job

    48% 52%
    Fortran 39 out of 76 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  70. This language is built on a small core of orthogonal features

    48% 52%
    Fortran 33 out of 64 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  71. I would like to write more of this language than I currently do

    48% 52%
    Fortran 30 out of 58 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  72. I usually use this language on solo projects

    46% 54%
    Fortran 38 out of 71 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  73. I know this language well

    45% 55%
    Fortran 313 out of 573 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  74. I would use this language for mobile applications

    44% 56%
    Fortran 43 out of 78 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  75. This language is best for very small projects

    44% 56%
    Fortran 36 out of 65 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  76. This language has a high quality implementation

    44% 56%
    Fortran 15 out of 27 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  77. This language is easier to use for it's problem domain by removing unneeded expressiveness (such as not being Turing complete).

    43% 57%
    Fortran 9 out of 16 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  78. I learned this language early in my career as a programmer

    43% 57%
    Fortran 18 out of 32 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  79. I use many applications written in this language

    41% 59%
    Fortran 45 out of 77 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  80. I enjoy playing with this language but would never use it for "real code"

    41% 59%
    Fortran 34 out of 58 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  81. I use a lot of code written in this language which I really don't want to have to make changes to

    41% 59%
    Fortran 10 out of 17 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  82. I regularly use this language

    40% 60%
    Fortran 47 out of 79 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  83. It's unusual for me to discover unfamiliar features

    40% 60%
    Fortran 31 out of 52 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  84. This language is very flexible

    40% 60%
    Fortran 40 out of 67 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  85. I enjoy using this language

    37% 63%
    Fortran 45 out of 72 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  86. If this language didn't exist, I would have trouble finding a satisfactory replacement

    37% 63%
    Fortran 37 out of 59 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  87. Code written in this language tends to be verbose

    36% 64%
    Fortran 41 out of 65 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  88. There is a lot of accidental complexity when writing code in this language

    36% 64%
    Fortran 47 out of 74 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  89. I use this language out of choice

    36% 64%
    Fortran 42 out of 66 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  90. This language has a niche in which it is great

    35% 65%
    Fortran 42 out of 65 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  91. This language has a niche outside of which I would not use it

    34% 66%
    Fortran 55 out of 84 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  92. The semantics of this language are much different than other languages I know.

    33% 67%
    Fortran 22 out of 33 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  93. I would list this language on my resume

    33% 67%
    Fortran 54 out of 81 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  94. This language is likely to be around for a very long time

    30% 70%
    Fortran 38 out of 55 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  95. This language is minimal

    30% 70%
    Fortran 50 out of 72 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  96. It is too easy to write code in this language that looks like it does one thing but actually does something else

    28% 72%
    Fortran 43 out of 60 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  97. Developers who primarily use this language often burn out after a few years

    27% 73%
    Fortran 29 out of 40 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  98. Learning this language significantly changed how I use other languages.

    27% 73%
    Fortran 24 out of 33 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  99. I would use this language for writing embedded programs

    27% 73%
    Fortran 8 out of 11 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  100. I often feel like I am not smart enough to write this language

    26% 74%
    Fortran 14 out of 19 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  101. This language is unusually bad for beginners

    25% 75%
    Fortran 57 out of 77 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  102. I often get angry when writing code in this language

    25% 75%
    Fortran 12 out of 16 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  103. Programs written in this language tend to be efficient

    22% 78%
    Fortran 54 out of 70 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  104. I would recommend most programmers learn this language, regardless of whether they have a specific need for it

    18% 82%
    Fortran 36 out of 44 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  105. Learning this language improved my ability as a programmer

    16% 84%
    Fortran 66 out of 79 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  106. This language is suitable for real-time applications

    15% 85%
    Fortran 62 out of 73 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  107. This language allows me to write programs where I know exactly what they are doing under the hood

    12% 88%
    Fortran 68 out of 78 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  108. Writing code in this language is a lot of work

    11% 89%
    Fortran 75 out of 85 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  109. This is a low level language

    6% 94%
    Fortran 68 out of 73 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  110. I would use this language for writing programs for an embedded hardware platform

    5% 95%
    Fortran 69 out of 73 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

  111. This language makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot

    4% 96%
    Fortran 46 out of 48 picked Assembler over Fortran Assembler

What's going on here?

The absolute rankings are interesting for large scale comparisons but when you want to know about two specific languages it's much more informative to look at how the two fare when they go directly head to head.

Here are all the statements which we've got enough comparisons between Fortran and Assembler to be meaningful and which of the two our users picked.

The order in which we're presenting them is a little arbitrary (sorry), but we've tried to put the things which they're both good at first so as to give you the most interesting picture of it.