programming languages

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I would use this language for writing embedded programs

Based on responses from 305 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "I would use this language for writing embedded programs" describes different programming languages.

Top items

  1. C
  2. Forth
  3. Assembler
  4. C++
  5. Java
  6. Objective C
  7. APL
  8. Lua
  9. Scala
  10. Scheme

Bottom items

  1. PHP
  2. Javascript
  3. ELisp
  4. AWK
  5. Ruby
  6. Standard ML
  7. Prolog
  8. Erlang
  9. Clojure
  10. Cobol

Most similar to

  1. Programs written in this language tend to be efficient
  2. This language allows me to write programs where I know exactly what they are doing under the hood
  3. This is a low level language
  4. I would use this language for writing programs for an embedded hardware platform
  5. This language is suitable for real-time applications

Most dissimilar from

  1. I regularly use this language
  2. I would use this language for a web project
  3. This language excels at text processing
  4. Programs written in this language will usually work in future versions of the language
  5. This language is likely to be around for a very long time

All items

  1. C
  2. Forth
  3. Assembler
  4. C++
  5. Java
  6. Objective C
  7. APL
  8. Lua
  9. Scala
  10. Scheme
  11. R
  12. F#
  13. Factor
  14. O'Caml
  15. Common Lisp
  16. Python
  17. Smalltalk
  18. Fortran
  19. Haskell
  20. Perl
  21. Ada
  22. Visual Basic
  23. C#
  24. Groovy
  25. Cobol
  26. Clojure
  27. Erlang
  28. Prolog
  29. Standard ML
  30. Ruby
  31. AWK
  32. ELisp
  33. Javascript
  34. PHP