The 10 most dreaded programming languages, according to a survey of 65,000 developers

R is used for statistical computing, graphics, and data analysis. It includes various statistical tools, like classification and modeling, and makes it easy to create graphs.

Java was first developed by Sun Microsystems, which has since been acquired by Oracle. It's one of the most popular programming languages, and it's a core language for companies like Twitter and Netflix, as well as many Android apps.

The programming language C++ dates back to 1979. The Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup created it while he was working on his PhD thesis, as a way to add additional features to an older programming language, C. Today, it's still one of the most popular programming languages, as it's the core language in many operating systems, browsers, and games.

Ruby is an open source programming language created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, who blended the best parts of his favorite languages to create it. It was released in 1995, and since then, it's become one of the most popular programming languages, with several conferences and meetups based on the Ruby language. Ruby developers also earn some of the highest salaries: a median salary of $71,000 globally and $130,000 in the U.S.

PHP, which stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor, is an open source programming language for web development and creating interactive web pages. It also works well with databases, and has been used by Facebook and Yahoo. (Yes, the "P" in the language's full name stands for "PHP.") Today, it's one of the most popular programming languages.

C is one of the oldest programming languages and still one of the most popular today, developed by American computer scientist Dennis Ritchie in 1972. It was designed to be a general-purpose language, for programming a wide array of computer systems and hardware. Many popular languages today, including Java, PHP, and JavaScript, have their roots in C. It's also one of the highest paying programming languages in the US. C developers make a median salary of $125,000.

Assembly is a programming language that helps developers program a specific computer device or architecture to handle operations and commands. While a computer's processor only understands strings of 1's and 0's, Assembly helps developers write commands for these processors.

Perl is a family of programming languages that's over 30 years old, built by programmer Larry Wall. It's used for prototyping, large scale projects, text manipulation, system administration, web development, network programming, and more. It's also one of the highest paying programming languages. Worldwide, Perl is the top paying programming language, as developers make a median salary of $76,000. In the U.S., Perl programmers make a median salary of $130,000.

Objective-C is based on the C programming language and is used to build OS X and iOS operating systems and apps. It was developed originally by Brad Cox and Tom Love in the 1980s and used for NeXT computers. Eventually, Apple took over the language to use for its iOS and Mac OS X.

Microsoft VBA, or Visual Basic for Applications, takes the top spot for the most dreaded programming language. It's built into most Microsoft Office applications like Word and Excel to automate repetitive tasks, like cleaning up tables, building a pop-up reminder, and formatting documents.