I regularly use this language

Based on responses from 2293 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "I regularly use this language" describes different items

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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

What's going on here?

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Most similar to

  1. I can imagine using this language in my day job
  2. There are many good open-source tools for this language
  3. I know this language well
  4. I use many applications written in this language
  5. Third-party libraries are readily available, well-documented, and of high quality

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. This is a low level language
  4. I enjoy playing with this language but would never use it for "real code"
  5. I am reluctant to admit to knowing this language

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. R
  16. F#
  17. Groovy
  18. PHP
  19. AWK
  20. Haxe
  21. J
  22. Objective C
  23. Factor
  24. Agda
  25. Erlang
  26. Coq
  27. Scheme
  28. Common Lisp
  29. REBOL
  30. Lua
  31. Go
  32. Smalltalk
  33. Matlab
  34. Visual Basic
  35. Prolog
  36. D
  37. Delphi
  38. Ada
  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