programming languages

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I can imagine this will be a popular language in twenty years time

Based on responses from 2326 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "I can imagine this will be a popular language in twenty years time" describes different programming languages.

Top items

  1. Scala
  2. Python
  3. Haskell
  4. Clojure
  5. Javascript
  6. F#
  7. Go
  8. Ruby
  9. Erlang
  10. C#

Bottom items

  1. Delphi
  2. Pascal
  3. Assembler
  4. Forth
  5. Factor
  6. Fortran
  7. Visual Basic
  8. AWK
  9. Cobol
  10. Prolog

Most similar to

  1. I can imagine using this language in my day job
  2. I usually use this language on solo projects
  3. This language is likely to have a strong influence on future languages
  4. This language has a good community
  5. I use this language out of choice

Most dissimilar from

  1. This language has a niche outside of which I would not use it
  2. I learned this language early in my career as a programmer
  3. The thought that I may still be using this language in twenty years time fills me with dread
  4. I am reluctant to admit to knowing this language
  5. Developers who primarily use this language often burn out after a few years

All items

  1. Scala
  2. Python
  3. Haskell
  4. Clojure
  5. Javascript
  6. F#
  7. Go
  8. Ruby
  9. Erlang
  10. C#
  11. Agda
  12. C
  13. D
  14. Java
  15. Lua
  16. REBOL
  17. C++
  18. Scheme
  19. Common Lisp
  20. J
  21. Mathematica
  22. Groovy
  23. Coq
  24. Perl
  25. Smalltalk
  26. Eiffel
  27. ELisp
  28. Io
  29. O'Caml
  30. Mozart-Oz
  31. Objective C
  32. Standard ML
  33. Haxe
  34. Shell
  35. ActionScript
  36. R
  37. Matlab
  38. APL
  39. PHP
  40. Ada
  41. TCL
  42. Prolog
  43. Cobol
  44. AWK
  45. Visual Basic
  46. Fortran
  47. Factor
  48. Forth
  49. Assembler
  50. Pascal
  51. Delphi