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This language is good for numeric computing

Based on responses from 2352 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "This language is good for numeric computing" describes different programming languages.

Top items

  1. Fortran
  2. Matlab
  3. Mathematica
  4. J
  5. R
  6. APL
  7. C
  8. F#
  9. C++
  10. O'Caml

Bottom items

  1. Shell
  2. AWK
  3. Javascript
  4. Visual Basic
  5. TCL
  6. ELisp
  7. Prolog
  8. PHP
  9. Perl
  10. Ruby

Most similar to

  1. This language is good for scientific computing
  2. I find it easy to write efficient code in this language
  3. Programs written in this language tend to be efficient
  4. I would use this language for writing embedded programs
  5. This language has a strong static type system

Most dissimilar from

  1. I would use this language as a scripting language embedded inside a larger application
  2. This language is frequently used for applications it isn't suitable for
  3. This language excels at text processing
  4. This language is best for very small projects
  5. I am reluctant to admit to knowing this language

All items

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