Objective C

Based on 20199 responses from 1814 people, we've built up the following picture of Objective C

Most similar to

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