programming languages

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I still discover new features of this language on a fairly regular basis

Based on responses from 2271 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "I still discover new features of this language on a fairly regular basis" describes different programming languages.

Top items

  1. Scala
  2. Haskell
  3. Clojure
  4. Mathematica
  5. Ruby
  6. C++
  7. J
  8. Mozart-Oz
  9. Erlang
  10. Coq

Bottom items

  1. Pascal
  2. Assembler
  3. Forth
  4. Delphi
  5. Cobol
  6. Visual Basic
  7. C
  8. AWK
  9. Standard ML
  10. PHP

Most similar to

  1. I would like to write more of this language than I currently do
  2. I can imagine this will be a popular language in twenty years time
  3. This language is likely to have a strong influence on future languages
  4. I use this language out of choice
  5. I enjoy using this language

Most dissimilar from

  1. I learned this language early in my career as a programmer
  2. It's unusual for me to discover unfamiliar features
  3. The thought that I may still be using this language in twenty years time fills me with dread
  4. This is a low level language
  5. Developers who primarily use this language often burn out after a few years

All items

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