Io

Based on 2468 responses from 229 people, we've built up the following picture of Io

Most similar to

  1. Lua
  2. REBOL
  3. Scheme
  4. TCL
  5. Smalltalk

Most dissimilar from

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

All statements

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