Fixes to Nim survey results article.

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