There are many good open-source tools for this language

Based on responses from 2083 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "There are many good open-source tools for this language" describes different items

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Top items

  1. Java
  2. C
  3. Python
  4. Ruby
  5. C++
  6. Perl
  7. Javascript
  8. Haskell
  9. PHP
  10. Shell

Bottom items

  1. Visual Basic
  2. Mathematica
  3. Delphi
  4. Forth
  5. Pascal
  6. Prolog
  7. D
  8. Assembler
  9. Fortran
  10. Io

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Most similar to

  1. I regularly use this language
  2. There is a wide variety of open source code written in this language
  3. I can imagine using this language in my day job
  4. This language has a good community
  5. The resources for learning this language are of high quality

Most dissimilar from

  1. This language has a niche outside of which I would not use it
  2. I am reluctant to admit to knowing this language
  3. I am sometimes embarrassed to admit to my peers that I know this language
  4. I enjoy playing with this language but would never use it for "real code"
  5. I would use this language for writing embedded programs

All items

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