programming languages

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Java

Based on 140249 responses from 10584 people, this is the picture we've built up of Java.

Most similar to...

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

Most dissimilar from...

  1. REBOL
  2. Forth
  3. Io
  4. Factor
  5. Scheme

All statements

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