It has been a little more than a week and we've stopped getting results. The full results should be publicly available. Here is a summary:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HSwtxLhz5HWGMJjMXaO8LQyHJsdMkGbBlRa4fU7Sa34/viewanalytics and here is the raw data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rZNNGwupMZTybxKRhukLdgA8VIA8oPlQ7nPk8Gv52Es/edit#gid=348615477 My interpretation of the data is as follows: - The #:keyword syntax is liked fine with a rating of 5.67 - The :keyword syntax is more loved with a rating of 6.9 - But change is not popular, average of 5.1 with high standard deviation - People that really like #:keyword do not want a change and do not like :keyword - People that really like :keyword want a change I am genuinely surprised :keyword saw so much support and that change was so attractive to people. Naturally whenever you do stuff like this, you want to ask more questions, like what about keyword:, what about supporting both, etc. Jay On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Neil Van Dyke <n...@neilvandyke.org> wrote: > We are conducting a highly scientific poll. > > The question we want to answer is whether people would like for the Racket > standard languages to have symbols that begin with the colon character > (except for the symbol `:`) to read the same has keywords that begin with > pound-colon. > > That is, when this glorious colon-keywords support is added, instead of > having to type and look at: > > (foo #:abc 1 #:xyx 42) > > you can choose to bask in the beauty of: > > (foo :abc 1 :xyx 42) > > Then you would be free to use the gorgeous colon-keywords everywhere in > Racket, including in quick one-line examples in email list posts. > > All people of great aesthetic sense, intellect, and good moral fiber, who > would naturally like everyone to have the right to use either > colon-keywords or (eww) pound-colon keywords (in unity, and without > unnecessary `#lang` schisms!), should answer the quick poll: > > http://goo.gl/forms/Kwl3uZVMsb > > (When the poll question asks "Is it worth changing?", read it is as "You > are a good person, and you naturally think Racket should support both > colon-keywords and pound-colon keywords, right?") > > I call upon all freedom-loving Racketeers to stand up and fight for the > righteous cause of colon-keywords. The moment to answer this highly > scientific poll is now. > > Neil V. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Jay McCarthy Associate Professor PLT @ CS @ UMass Lowell http://jeapostrophe.github.io "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." - D&C 64:33 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
