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Objective C

Based on 23111 responses from 1853 people, this is the picture we've built up of Objective C.

Most similar to...

  1. Fortran
  2. Ada
  3. Eiffel
  4. Cobol
  5. Delphi

Most dissimilar from...

  1. Ruby
  2. Python
  3. Javascript
  4. Perl
  5. Scheme

All statements

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