[powrtoch]

Why does each language's Loved + Dreaded = 100%?

Most languages I've worked with I neither love nor dread. Clicked through to the SO survey results and even skimmed the methodology section, but I couldn't find what question they asked to get these numbers.

[derbOac]

I had a similar thought as I was reading it. I remember a previous version of the survey, or of a similar survey, that was conducted differently. In that version people could indicate, in effect, that they neither loved or dreaded it, or both loved and dreaded it.

I remember in the survey reports it was discussed because there were some languages that were on both the "most loved" list and "most dreaded" lists. I want to say C and R (and maybe Haskell??) were examples of that but it's been awhile.

I'm not sure why they made them mutually exclusive, as it muddies things a bit.

[allknowingfrog]

The survey question is included under the chart, and implies that users were only given a checkbox as input. "Loved" and "Dreaded" seem to mean, of people who currently use the language, which percentage would like to continue doing so and which would not.

A "no strong opinion" option may have provided some interesting nuance.

[jstx1]

The question they asekd is at the bottom of the table. Most loved is definited as (people who want to keep using the language) / (people who have used the language in the past year). Dreaded is 1-loved.