I find it easy to write efficient code in this language

Based on responses from 2210 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "I find it easy to write efficient code in this language" describes different items

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Top items

  1. C
  2. C++
  3. Scala
  4. O'Caml
  5. D
  6. Go
  7. C#
  8. Objective C
  9. J
  10. Fortran

Bottom items

  1. Prolog
  2. Visual Basic
  3. Shell
  4. TCL
  5. PHP
  6. Mozart-Oz
  7. Javascript
  8. Coq
  9. Io
  10. AWK

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Most similar to

  1. Programs written in this language tend to be efficient
  2. This language is suitable for real-time applications
  3. This language is best for very large projects
  4. I would use this language for writing programs for an embedded hardware platform
  5. This language is good for numeric computing

Most dissimilar from

  1. This language has a niche outside of which I would not use it
  2. I often write things in this language with the intent of rewriting them in something else later
  3. I am sometimes embarrassed to admit to my peers that I know this language
  4. I am reluctant to admit to knowing this language
  5. This language is best for very small projects

All items

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