Survey - Please Participate
Hi,
I am asking everyone who has a few spare minutes to fill out a Euphoria
survey.
The results will be sent to the list about 1 week from now (or a few
days after
the last response).
This is a small and reasonably simple survey. If the participation is
good and
the results are of value and the feedback is positive I "might" consider
doing a more
indepth web based Survey at some time in the future (6 months - 2 years
in the future).
To participate in the survey forward this email to smithr at ix.net.au
filling in the
answers as appropriate.
Place an X or your written answer next to each questions answer.
e.g.
-----------EXAMPLES-------------------
Do you Love using Euphoria?
Yes X
No
What are your TOP 3 features/libraries you'd like to see in Euphoria?
A complete cross platform GUI
An IDE
OO features
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Thanks to everyone who participates and Lewis Townsend, Aidan Bindoff
and
SR Williamson for input.
^^^You may wish to delete everything above before forwarding.^^^
---------------------SURVEY--------------------------------
1. What platform(s) do you currently use Euphoria on?
a. DOS32
b. Windows
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)
3. What other platforms would you like Euphoria to support?
Mac
BeOS
Solaris
Other: Please Specify -
4. How beneficial (to you) is the fact that Euphoria is Cross Platform?
High
Medium
Low
5. Is Euphoria your preferred development language?
(i.e. your favorite)
Yes
No
6. Do you currently work/study in a computer programming related area?
Yes
No
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
General Business Applications
Internet Related
Data Manipulation
Educational
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
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
10. Do you currently distribute software to other people?
Yes
No
If NO - Would you like to distribute programs in the future?
Yes
No
11. How long have you been using Euphoria?
0-3 Months
3-12 Months
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)
Java
Python
Perl
Other: please specify
13. Would you be willing to pay for quality products/add-ons?
(e.g. Examples like an IDE/GUI toolkit?)
Yes
No
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
15. How beneficial is/will the Euphoria Translator be for you?
High
Medium
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
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
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
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
No difference
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Thanks
Ray Smith
http;//www.geocities.com/ray_223
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