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This language is best for very large projects

Based on responses from 2436 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "This language is best for very large projects" describes different programming languages.

Top items

  1. Scala
  2. C#
  3. Java
  4. Erlang
  5. Ada
  6. Clojure
  7. O'Caml
  8. C++
  9. D
  10. Haskell

Bottom items

  1. Assembler
  2. AWK
  3. Shell
  4. Prolog
  5. ELisp
  6. Matlab
  7. Visual Basic
  8. Forth
  9. Javascript
  10. PHP

Most similar to

  1. I would use this language for writing server programs
  2. This language encourages writing reusable code.
  3. This language has well-organized libraries with consistent, carefully thought-out interfaces
  4. This language excels at concurrency
  5. This language encourages writing code that is easy to maintain.

Most dissimilar from

  1. This language has a niche outside of which I would not use it
  2. This language makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot
  3. I often get angry when writing code in this language
  4. I am sometimes embarrassed to admit to my peers that I know this language
  5. The thought that I may still be using this language in twenty years time fills me with dread

All items

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