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What features are most important to you in a programming language?   [Edit]

Survey period: 17 Dec 2007 to 24 Dec 2007

If one language did everything there would only be one language... (suggested by Milan1612)

OptionVotes% 
Automatic memory management93649.81
Industry acceptance as a "standard" language80142.63
Support for Object Oriented Programming1,50279.94
Templates or Generics77141.03
Strong Typing94450.24
Inbuilt support for regular expressions46824.91
Support for reflection55129.32
Cross-platform support76440.66
Support for default parameter values in functions43222.99
Namespace support68036.19
Support for First-class functions25313.46
An extensive standard library1,22565.19
Multiple return values from functions32917.51
Compile to native code (instead of byte code or intermediate code)64034.06
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%



 
GeneralRe: Why bother? Pin
ed welch17-Dec-07 3:01
ed welch17-Dec-07 3:01 
GeneralRe: Open source Pin
Nish Nishant17-Dec-07 2:23
sitebuilderNish Nishant17-Dec-07 2:23 
GeneralMultiple Choice Question But No Text Answers. Where is CListCtrl? Pin
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar16-Dec-07 20:28
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar16-Dec-07 20:28 
GeneralRe: Multiple Choice Question But No Text Answers. Where is CListCtrl? Pin
Chris Maunder17-Dec-07 1:30
cofounderChris Maunder17-Dec-07 1:30 
GeneralParadoxical Pin
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar16-Dec-07 20:26
Vasudevan Deepak Kumar16-Dec-07 20:26 
GeneralRe: Paradoxical Pin
Gary Wheeler17-Dec-07 0:26
Gary Wheeler17-Dec-07 0:26 
GeneralRe: Paradoxical Pin
Kevin McFarlane17-Dec-07 23:18
Kevin McFarlane17-Dec-07 23:18 
GeneralRe: Paradoxical Pin
sherifffruitfly18-Dec-07 9:54
sherifffruitfly18-Dec-07 9:54 
Nope, not paradoxical, but rather dependant on industry support (making compilers).

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