This language has a high quality implementation

Based on responses from 1307 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "This language has a high quality implementation" describes different items

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Top items

  1. C
  2. Haskell
  3. C#
  4. Java
  5. Ada
  6. C++
  7. Python
  8. Common Lisp
  9. Scheme
  10. Clojure

Bottom items

  1. Visual Basic
  2. PHP
  3. Pascal
  4. D
  5. Ruby
  6. Forth
  7. TCL
  8. R
  9. Shell
  10. Prolog

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Most similar to

  1. This language is good for distributed computing
  2. The resources for learning this language are of high quality
  3. This language is best for very large projects
  4. I would use this language for writing server programs
  5. This language has well-organized libraries with consistent, carefully thought-out interfaces

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. This language is likely to be a passing fad
  5. This language makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot

All items

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