programming languages

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When I run into problems my colleagues can provide me with immediate help with this language

Based on responses from 2464 people, we've built up the following picture of how well "When I run into problems my colleagues can provide me with immediate help with this language" describes different programming languages.

Top items

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

Bottom items

  1. APL
  2. Go
  3. Prolog
  4. Cobol
  5. Assembler
  6. Common Lisp
  7. Clojure
  8. Fortran
  9. Scala
  10. Haxe

Most similar to

  1. I know many other people who use this language
  2. This is a mainstream language
  3. I use many applications written in this language
  4. This language is frequently used for applications it isn't suitable for
  5. I know this language well

Most dissimilar from

  1. The semantics of this language are much different than other languages I know.
  2. I often feel like I am not smart enough to write this language
  3. This language is built on a small core of orthogonal features
  4. I enjoy playing with this language but would never use it for "real code"
  5. Learning this language improved my ability as a programmer

All items

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