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This language is good for scientific computing

Based on responses from 2558 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "This language is good for scientific computing" describes different programming languages.

Top items

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

Bottom items

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

Most similar to

  1. This language is good for numeric computing
  2. This language is good for distributed computing
  3. Code written in this language tends to be very reliable
  4. When I write code in this language I can be very sure it is correct
  5. This language excels at concurrency

Most dissimilar from

  1. I am reluctant to admit to knowing this language
  2. This language makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot
  3. This language is frequently used for applications it isn't suitable for
  4. The thought that I may still be using this language in twenty years time fills me with dread
  5. I am sometimes embarrassed to admit to my peers that I know this language

All items

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