About which programming languages coding agents perform best in.
Has this happened?
Yes 52 (43%)Not sure 40 (33%)No 28 (23%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About which programming languages coding agents perform best in.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
"Languages with a lot of bad code out there (e.g., PHP) will perform worse
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This is what tells me that AI's are not 'self improving'. If they could read a manual and understand it, then they should come up with better solutions. Not just regurgitate bad slop they learned from bad examples.