So, I thought about doing that. Except that I ended up not, because voting 5/5/0 doesn't properly capture my feelings.
5/5/0 seems more like a, I see pros and cons with both sides, but I fundamentally care some way or the other which way this goes. My opinion really is that this is a silly issue, and doesn't really matter that much to me at all. And thus I don't really care either way. I would vote on the 0 for the last question, (just because meh, I don't care one way or the other), but I really didn't fit anywhere on the spectrum for the first two boxes. Does that clarify my opinion a bit? ~Leif Andersen On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Leif Andersen <l...@leifandersen.net> > wrote: > >> > I am genuinely surprised :keyword saw so much support and that change >> was so attractive to people. >> >> That's because of the questions you asked. I saw those questions and said >> to myself: "Self, I don't care enough about this debate enough to even >> really fill out these questions." (Although if you had a spot on the pull >> for the question: "I don't care about this at all, just don't break my >> code", I would have filled that out.) >> > > I'm interested in your elaboration. I expected someone with your opinion > to vote something like 5/5/0 because you don't care between the two, but > don't want a change. > > Jay > > >> >> >> >> ~Leif Andersen >> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Jay McCarthy <jay.mccar...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> 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. >>> >> >> > > > -- > 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. 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