programming languages

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If my code in this language successfully compiles, there is a good chance my code is correct.

Based on responses from 1711 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "If my code in this language successfully compiles, there is a good chance my code is correct." describes different programming languages.

Top items

  1. Coq
  2. Ada
  3. Agda
  4. Haskell
  5. O'Caml
  6. Standard ML
  7. Scala
  8. F#
  9. C#
  10. Java

Bottom items

  1. Assembler
  2. PHP
  3. Perl
  4. Shell
  5. Javascript
  6. Lua
  7. Forth
  8. TCL
  9. C
  10. Visual Basic

Most similar to

  1. Code written in this language tends to be very reliable
  2. When I write code in this language I can be very sure it is correct
  3. This language has a strong static type system
  4. This language excels at concurrency
  5. This language encourages writing code that is easy to maintain.

Most dissimilar from

  1. This language makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot
  2. It is too easy to write code in this language that looks like it does one thing but actually does something else
  3. The thought that I may still be using this language in twenty years time fills me with dread
  4. This language is frequently used for applications it isn't suitable for
  5. I often get angry when writing code in this language

All items

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