programming languages

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O'Caml

Based on 15342 responses from 1134 people, this is the picture we've built up of O'Caml.

Most similar to...

  1. F#
  2. Haskell
  3. Standard ML
  4. Scala
  5. D

Most dissimilar from...

  1. PHP
  2. C
  3. C++
  4. Shell
  5. Javascript

All statements

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