On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 19:02, Guy Hulbert <gwhulb...@eol.ca> wrote: > Many people seem to be proposing questions which ask people's opinions > of things which are factual and can be answered readily by reading the > documentation. > > For example, your question can be partly answered by looking at the > rakudo download page. There were about 3000 downloads of the July > release (I was one) and since then there have been less than 1000 (not > me) per month. >
That tells us that there is a lower download rate, to be sure, and that might indicate a lower rate uptake. It does not, however, answer any of the question_s_ I wanted asked, and which others have wanted asked, not even partially. There is a difference between simplified statistical aggregates and getting responses from human beings, which are then analyzed. The way in which you ask a question can, of course, also introduce a bias in how the response appears. If you ask: "Do you think Perl 6 will ever be production ready?" you may have introduced a negative bias in the question. But with careful phrasing - something I've been sloppy with in this thread, I'm sorry to say - then you can (probably) get the information you want. -- Jan
