programming languages

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Shell

Based on 31808 responses from 2646 people, this is the picture we've built up of Shell.

Most similar to...

  1. AWK
  2. PHP
  3. Javascript
  4. Perl
  5. ELisp

Most dissimilar from...

  1. C#
  2. Scala
  3. Ada
  4. Go
  5. O'Caml

All statements

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