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I know this language well
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The semantics of this language are much different than other languages I know.
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The thought that I may still be using this language in twenty years time fills me with dread
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There is a wide variety of open source code written in this language
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This language encourages writing code that is easy to maintain.
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This language has an annoying syntax
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When I run into problems my colleagues can provide me with immediate help with this language
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This language has many features which feel "tacked on"
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I enjoy using this language
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I still discover new features of this language on a fairly regular basis
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Learning this language improved my ability as a programmer
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I would use this language for a desktop GUI project
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This language has a very rigid idea of how things should be done
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I am sometimes embarrassed to admit to my peers that I know this language
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This language is likely to have a strong influence on future languages
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This language is minimal
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It is too easy to write code in this language that looks like it does one thing but actually does something else
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This language has a very dogmatic community
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This language is likely to be around for a very long time
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Learning this language significantly changed how I use other languages.
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I am reluctant to admit to knowing this language
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This language is suitable for real-time applications
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I would use this language for a web project
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I would use this language for writing server programs
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I would list this language on my resume
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This language has well-organized libraries with consistent, carefully thought-out interfaces
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This language has a good library distribution mechanism.
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This language would be good for teaching children to write software
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I would recommend most programmers learn this language, regardless of whether they have a specific need for it
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This language is good for beginners
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This language has a niche in which it is great
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I usually use this language on projects with many other members
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This language is likely to be a passing fad
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Code written in this language is very readable
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Libraries in this language tend to be well documented.
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Code written in this language will usually run in all the major implementations if it runs in one of them.
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This language is good for scientific computing
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This language is well suited for an agile development approach using short iterations.
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This is a mainstream language
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There are many good open-source tools for this language
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Programs written in this language tend to play well with others
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I would use this language to write a command-line app
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I know many other people who use this language
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This language is good for numeric computing
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This language has a wide variety of agreed-upon conventions, which are generally adhered to reasonably well, and which increase my productivity
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I can imagine using this language in my day job
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I regularly use this language
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I can imagine this will be a popular language in twenty years time
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This language has unusual features that I often miss when using other languages
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I enjoy playing with this language but would never use it for "real code"
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I use a lot of code written in this language which I really don't want to have to make changes to
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There are many good commercial tools for this language
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Writing code in this language is a lot of work
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Programs written in this language will usually work in future versions of the language
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This language excels at text processing
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I usually use this language on solo projects
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If my code in this language successfully compiles, there is a good chance my code is correct.
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It is easy to debug programs written in this language when it goes wrong
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The resources for learning this language are of high quality
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I would use this language for mobile applications
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This language excels at symbolic manipulation
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This language is well documented
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This language is best for very large projects
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Developers who primarily use this language often burn out after a few years
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I find code written in this language very elegant
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This language allows me to write programs where I know exactly what they are doing under the hood
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This language is large
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This is a low level language
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 Matlab and APL 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.