programming languages

Rank

I regularly use this language

Based on responses from 2707 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "I regularly use this language" describes different programming languages.

Top items

  1. Python
  2. Javascript
  3. Scala
  4. Shell
  5. Java
  6. C#
  7. Ruby
  8. Clojure
  9. C++
  10. C

Bottom items

  1. Cobol
  2. Fortran
  3. Standard ML
  4. Pascal
  5. Assembler
  6. Mathematica
  7. TCL
  8. Io
  9. Forth
  10. Mozart-Oz

Most similar to

  1. There are many good open-source tools for this language
  2. I know this language well
  3. I use many applications written in this language
  4. I can imagine using this language in my day job
  5. There is a wide variety of open source code written in this language

Most dissimilar from

  1. This language has a niche outside of which I would not use it
  2. I would use this language for writing embedded programs
  3. I enjoy playing with this language but would never use it for "real code"
  4. This is a low level language
  5. This language is built on a small core of orthogonal features

All items

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