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I would use this language as a scripting language embedded inside a larger application

Based on responses from 2342 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "I would use this language as a scripting language embedded inside a larger application" describes different programming languages.

Top items

  1. Lua
  2. Python
  3. Io
  4. Scheme
  5. Javascript
  6. Ruby
  7. Groovy
  8. Clojure
  9. Factor
  10. TCL

Bottom items

  1. Assembler
  2. Fortran
  3. Ada
  4. C++
  5. C
  6. Objective C
  7. Java
  8. Erlang
  9. O'Caml
  10. Cobol

Most similar to

  1. This language is very flexible
  2. I would use this language for casual scripting
  3. I find this language easy to prototype in
  4. This language is well suited for an agile development approach using short iterations.
  5. This language would be good for teaching children to write software

Most dissimilar from

  1. This language has an annoying syntax
  2. Writing code in this language is a lot of work
  3. This language is unusually bad for beginners
  4. Developers who primarily use this language often burn out after a few years
  5. Code written in this language tends to be verbose

All items

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