1. RE: Survey - Please Participate
Hi,
For those interested ... I'm still alive and got about half way
through tallying the results. It turned out to be an extremely
boring task to say the least ... and difficult to get back to!
I should have the results within the next week or so.
Ray Smith
PS. For those you sent their responses to the list ... they should
have been posted directly to me (to reduce the bagage on the list).
RedDan11 at AOL.COM wrote:
> 1. What platform(s) do you currently use Euphoria on?
> a. DOS32 X
> b. Windows X
> c. Linux
>
>
> 2. What (currently available) Euphoria ports are you likely to use in
> the future?
> DOS
> Euphoria
> Linux
> None (I'm happy using what I use now) X
>
>
> 3. What other platforms would you like Euphoria to support?
> Mac X
> BeOS
> Solaris
> Other: Please Specify - MacOS X
>
>
> 4. How beneficial (to you) is the fact that Euphoria is Cross Platform?
> High
> Medium
> Low X
>
>
> 5. Is Euphoria your preferred development language?
> (i.e. your favorite)
> Yes X(For now atleast cause I'm 14 and it's real E Z)
> No
>
>
> 6. Do you currently work/study in a computer programming related area?
> Yes
> No X(but I do alot of tutorials online and I'm planning on majoring
> in
> computers)
>
>
> 7. What types of programs do you currently write/or intend to write with
> Euphoria (as it is now with the currently available functionality)?
> Games/Entertainment X
> General Business Applications
> Internet Related
> Data Manipulation
> Educational X(I make study programs)
> Other: please specify
>
>
> 8. Which Euphoria port(s) do you use in a business/commercial
> environment?
> (Released shareware/freeware software can be included)
> DOS32
> Windows
> Linux
> None X
>
>
> 9. List features/libraries you would like to see for Euphoria which
> would allow you
> to create commercial quality software? (Max 5)
> Notes:
> * Home hobbyists can still write commercial quality software.
> * You can add things like a "complete" GUI toolkit or ODBC wrapper since
> these currently available libraries are still pre-release
>
> Something to make 3d programming and game programming in general more
> user
> friendly.
>
> 10. Do you currently distribute software to other people?
> Yes
> No X
> If NO - Would you like to distribute programs in the future?
> Yes X
> No
>
>
> 11. How long have you been using Euphoria?
> 0-3 Months
> 3-12 Months X(about 4)
> 1-2 years
> 2 Years or more
>
>
> 12. If you didn't use Euphoria what other language would you use?
> Visual Basic
> Delphi
> C++ (MS/Borland/Watcom etc) X
> Java X
> Python
> Perl
> Other: please specify REALbasic
>
>
> 13. Would you be willing to pay for quality products/add-ons?
> (e.g. Examples like an IDE/GUI toolkit?)
> Yes
> No X(I really can't afford it!)
>
>
> 14. For you personally, how beneficial is the "Namespace" enhancement
> that has been suggested is the next major enhancement for Euphoria?
> Notes: My basic understanding is this will allow different Euphoria
> include files to use the same variable/routine names without causing
> conflicts.
> High
> Medium
> Low X
>
>
> 15. How beneficial is/will the Euphoria Translator be for you?
> High
> Medium X
> Low
>
>
> 16. How beneficial would slicing sequences that ARE NOT the last
> subscript?
> Notes:
> e.g. ? x [2..5][3]
> This would NOT break current code because it is currently
> not legal. Example uses would include but not be limited to:
> * vertical slicing of a bitmap
> * retrieving all values of one field from a sequence of records.
> High
> Medium
> Low X (don't fully understand it)
>
>
> 17. How beneficial would subscripting sequence with sequences be?
> Notes:
> This would allow subscripts to be BUILT programmatically.
> Currently if we want to subscript, we have to specify how
> far into the sequence we are delving by the number of square
> brackets[] we use. This suggested extension would allow you
> to subscript a sequence that you don't know the structure to.
> This would NOT break current code because it is currently
> not legal.
> High
> medium
> Low X (don't fully understand it)
>
>
> 18. Are you happy with the current List Server "format"?
> (By "format" I mean 1 list with everything related to Euphoria.
> Not the fact we are now using Topica)
> Yes X
> No
>
>
> 19. From a new user perspective how much easier would Euphoria have been
> to install/learn with a "modern" installer and IDE?
> Much easier
> A little easier X
> No difference X(Inbetween)
>
> -Dan Da Man
>
>
Ray Smith
http;//www.geocities.com/ray_223
2. RE: Survey - Please Participate
Ray Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For those interested ... I'm still alive and got about half way
> through tallying the results. It turned out to be an extremely
> boring task to say the least ... and difficult to get back to!
>
> I should have the results within the next week or so.
>
> Ray Smith
>
> PS. For those you sent their responses to the list ... they should
> have been posted directly to me (to reduce the bagage on the list).
>
hi Ray,
You could write a simple program to tally the replies, just have
the program read the replies as a text file, detecting "X" after
each query.
If the form is too complex, simplify it, or even write the whole
thing as a windows app, which in turn writes a standard text file
as output. Using check boxes would work nice. Have the program
tally all the checks and where they are.
Simple, huh? hee hee
Good luck with it,
--Al
3. RE: Survey - Please Participate
- Posted by Ray Smith <smithr at ix.net.au>
Mar 06, 2001
-
Last edited Mar 07, 2001
Hi Al,
The results submitted used many different methods and often had
long answers to each question ... not just an X or a few words.
Probably around between 10%-30% of responses don't use the standard
X "type" answer.
Also some questions don't fit easily like "Specify Other", or
"list your preferred..." etc.
I had thought about writing a program that could ask each survey
question and create a file with the answers. This file could then be
emailed to me. Then a program could be written to read all files and
tally the results.
Win32Lib is the best choice of GUI tools to use, but would then limit
respondents (is that a word?) to have Windows to use it.
It would have also taken awhile to develop such a program.
If there was a chance that it would have been useful elsewhere I might
have considered it but I think Web Surveys are the way to go. No
software to download, easily maintainable and instant results.
Ray Smith
Al Getz wrote:
>
> Ray Smith wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > For those interested ... I'm still alive and got about half way
> > through tallying the results. It turned out to be an extremely
> > boring task to say the least ... and difficult to get back to!
> >
> > I should have the results within the next week or so.
> >
> > Ray Smith
> >
> > PS. For those you sent their responses to the list ... they should
> > have been posted directly to me (to reduce the bagage on the list).
> >
>
>
> hi Ray,
>
> You could write a simple program to tally the replies, just have
> the program read the replies as a text file, detecting "X" after
> each query.
> If the form is too complex, simplify it, or even write the whole
> thing as a windows app, which in turn writes a standard text file
> as output. Using check boxes would work nice. Have the program
> tally all the checks and where they are.
> Simple, huh? hee hee
>
> Good luck with it,
> --Al
>
>
Ray Smith
http;//www.geocities.com/ray_223
