Scala

Based on 26030 responses from 2094 people, we've built up the following picture of Scala

Most similar to

  1. F#
  2. Clojure
  3. Haskell
  4. O'Caml
  5. Haxe

Most dissimilar from

  1. PHP
  2. Visual Basic
  3. Assembler
  4. C
  5. Fortran

All statements

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