Fixes to Nim survey results article.
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Nim Community Survey Results
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We have recently closed the 2016 Nim Community Survey. I am happy to
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say that we have received exactly 790 responses, huge thanks go to the people
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that took the time to respond. We're very thankful for this very valuable
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that took the time to respond. We're incredibly thankful for this very valuable
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feedback.
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This survey was inspired in part by the
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@@ -76,12 +76,6 @@ had a much larger number of Rust users amongst their respondents, with
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no distinction between users that never used Rust and users that stopped using
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Rust.
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<a href="https://blog.rust-lang.org/images/2016-06-Survey/do_you_use_rust.png">
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<img src="https://blog.rust-lang.org/images/2016-06-Survey/do_you_use_rust.png" alt="Do you use Rust?" style="width:100%"/>
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</a>
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Should we consider your answers to be invalid?
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----------------------------------------------
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@@ -342,7 +336,7 @@ over a year ago now.
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Unfortunately while we are still in this pre-1.0 period, releases will likely
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introduce breaking changes as we refine certain aspects of Nim such as its
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standard library so the number of users experiencing breaking changes may
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standard library, so the number of users experiencing breaking changes may
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increase.
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If so, how much work did it take to fix it?
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@@ -410,8 +404,9 @@ _________________________________________________
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<img src="../assets/news/images/survey/nim_displeasing.png" alt="What aspects of Nim do you find most displeasing?" style="width:100%"/>
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</a>
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It was only natural to ask this question. This is almost a perfect opposite of
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the previous answers, with almost 50% of respondents selecting "Debugging Tools"
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It was only natural to ask this question. The results are almost perfectly
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opposite to the previous question's answers, with almost 50% of respondents
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selecting "Debugging Tools"
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as the most displeasing aspect of Nim. With "Documentation" and "Testing Tools"
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in second and third place respectively. There is also a much larger number of
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"Other" answers to this question.
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@@ -447,7 +442,8 @@ Previous Nim users
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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For users that have used Nim before but decided against using it, we asked just
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one specific question.
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one specific question. The proportion of our respondents that answered it
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was 24%.
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Why did you stop using Nim?
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___________________________
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@@ -542,8 +538,8 @@ were most popular among our user base. The
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popular. In previous questions, we saw respondents mentioning that the Nim
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tutorial does not go into enough detail about Nim. Thanks to this information
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we can come to the conclusion that the tutorial needs to be improved
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significantly to make sure that our users get the necessary information to use
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Nim effectivelly.
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significantly to make sure that it gives our users the necessary information
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to use Nim effectively.
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Indeed, many users also use the
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`Nim manual <http://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html>`_ to learn Nim.
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@@ -567,6 +563,9 @@ As the author of
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I wanted to get some statistics surrounding
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my book. With this in mind, I have created some questions relating to it.
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Have you read Nim in Action?
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____________________________
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<a href="../assets/news/images/survey/book.png">
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@@ -581,9 +580,13 @@ respondents, not just Nim users.
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Are you interested in purchasing a copy of
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`Nim in Action <https://manning.com/books/nim-in-action?a_aid=niminaction&a_bid=78a27e81>`_?
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If so, you can use code ``wm090316lt`` to get 50% off today only! If you
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purchase it now you will get access to an early access copy of Nim in Action
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in eBook form and will be able to take part in the development of this book.
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If so, you can use code ``wm090316lt`` to get 50% off the eBook today only!
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If you purchase it now you will get access to an early access copy of
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Nim in Action in eBook form and will be able to take part in the development
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of this book.
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Did you enjoy Nim in Action?
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____________________________
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@@ -610,9 +613,9 @@ Nim version 1.0 can be released.
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</a>
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It appears that the standard library is the biggest concern. With more than half
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of all respondents selecting the "The standard library needs to reviewed and
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any problems with it fixed". This is in fact one of our goals, so it's good
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to see that the majority agrees with us.
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of all respondents selecting "The standard library needs to reviewed and
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any problems with it fixed". This is in fact something we are already planning
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to address, so it's good to see that the majority agrees with us.
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A large proportion of users also believes that the language is great as-is
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and that we should focus on stabilising the compiler. This somewhat contradicts
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