programming languages

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Perl

Based on 52206 responses from 4160 people, this is the picture we've built up of Perl.

Most similar to...

  1. PHP
  2. Shell
  3. R
  4. ELisp
  5. TCL

Most dissimilar from...

  1. Ada
  2. Eiffel
  3. Go
  4. Standard ML
  5. Pascal

All statements

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