The following table compares general and technical information for a selection of commonly used programming languages. See the individual languages' articles for further information. Please note that the following table may be missing some information.
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| ActionScript 3.0 |
Application, client-side, web |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
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1996, ECMA |
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| Ada |
Application, embedded, realtime, system |
Yes |
Yes[2] |
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Yes[3] |
Yes[4] |
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concurrent,[5] distributed,[6] |
1983, 2005, 2012, ANSI, ISO, GOST 2783 |
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| C |
Application, system,[11] general purpose, low-level operations |
Yes |
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Yes |
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1989, ANSI C89, ISO C90, ISO C99, ISO C11[12] |
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| C# |
Application, RAD, business, client-side, general, server-side, web |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes[14] |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
structured, concurrent |
2000, ECMA, ISO[15] |
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| C++ |
Application, system |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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1998, ISO/IEC 1998, ISO/IEC 2003, ISO/IEC 2011,ISO/IEC 2014[13] |
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| Java |
Application, business, client-side, general, mobile development, server-side, web |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
concurrent |
De facto standard via Java Language Specification |
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| JavaScript |
Client-side, server-side, web |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
prototype-based |
1997, ECMA |
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| Objective-C |
Application, general |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
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concurrent |
No |
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| Python |
Application, general, web, scripting, artificial intelligence, scientific computing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
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aspect-oriented |
"De facto" standard via Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs) |
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| Go |
Application, web, server-side |
Yes |
Yes[22] |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
concurrent |
De facto standard via Go Language Specification |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_programming_languages