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(local questions [])

(fn q [question type answers]
  (table.insert questions {: question : type : answers}))

(q "Versions and Ecosystem" :section)

(q "What versions of Fennel do you use?" :checkbox
   ["latest from git"
    "1.2.0"
    "1.1.0"
    "1.0.0"
    "0.10.0"
    "0.9.x"
    "0.8.x"
    "older"])

(q "What versions of Lua do you use? (PUC is 'regular' Lua)" :checkbox
   ["LuaJIT"
    "PUC 5.4"
    "PUC 5.3"
    "PUC 5.2"
    "PUC 5.1"
    "fengari"
    "luaj"
    "rembulan"
    "moonsharp"
    "luerl"
    "gopher-lua"
    "Other"])

(q "Do you use LuaRocks?" :checkbox
   ["Yes, to install applications/tools (luacheck, lua-repl)"
    "Yes, to manage libraries in my codebase"
    "No"])

(q "What OS do you use?" :checkbox
   ["MacOS"
    "Linux-based"
    "Other BSD-based"
    "Windows (with WSL)"
    "Windows (not WSL)"
    "Other"])

(q "What text editor do you use for Fennel?" :checkbox
   ["Emacs"
    "NeoVim"
    "Vim"
    "VS Code"
    "Kakoune"
    "Vis"
    "Notepad ++"
    "Lite"
    "Other"])

(q "Do you use readline in your repl?" :checkbox
   ["Yes"
    "No, the repl I use has readline features already (Emacs, etc)"
    "No, I haven't bothered to get it installed"
    "No, I don't find it useful"
    "No, I don't use the repl"
    "What is readline?"])

(q "Tell us a bit about yourself (remember, optional!)" :section)

(q "What is your age?" :number)

(q "How many years have you been programming?" :number)

(q "How many years have you used Fennel?" :number) ;; check

(q "What is your gender? (extra-optional)" :text)

(q "Other than Fennel, what languages do you use regularly?" :checkbox
   ["Lua"
    "Clojure"
    "Javascript"
    "Java"
    "Python"
    "Ruby"
    "C"
    "C++"
    "C#"
    "Emacs Lisp"
    "Scala"
    "Go"
    "PHP"
    "Racket"
    "Rust"
    "Scheme"
    "Common Lisp"
    "Kotlin"
    "Haskell"
    "OCaml"
    "Erlang"
    "Forth"
    "Julia"
    "Zig"
    "Other"])

(q "Where did you hear about Fennel?" :text)

(q "Where do you discuss Fennel or interact with other Fennel developers?" :checkbox
   ["Libera Chat (IRC)"
    "Matrix"
    "The official mailing list"
    "Fediverse"
    "Twitter"
    "Reddit"
    "Hacker News"
    "Other chat platforms"
    "Nowhere =("
    "Other"])

(q "How do you use Fennel" :section)

(q "How would you characterize your use of Fennel?" :checkbox
   ["I use it for personal code that I haven't shared with others"
    "I use it to make games"
    "I use it at school"
    "I use it for web applications"
    "I use it for sysadmin tasks"
    "I use it to make music"
    "I use it for other hobby projects"
    "I use it for config/dotfiles"
    "I use it at work (secretly)"
    "I use it at work (openly)"
    "Other"])

(q "What does your use of Fennel look like?" :checkbox
   ["I embed the whole Fennel compiler in larger programs"
    "I compile my Fennel code to Lua, which I then embed"
    "I use programs which have first-class Fennel support"
    "I compile standalone programs as scripts"
    "I compile standalone binaries"
    "Other"])

(q "What programs do you use Fennel with?" :checkbox
   ["NeoVim"
    "LÖVE (love2d)"
    "TIC-80"
    "nginx/OpenResty"
    "awesome-wm"
    "Minetest"
    "LOVR"
    "NeoMutt"
    "mpv"
    "luvit"
    "hammerspoon/spacehammer"
    "Other"])

(q "What are your favorite features of Fennel? (pick up to 5)" :checkbox
   ["Consistent and regular syntax"
    "Interactive development/repl"
    "Simple semantics"
    "Pattern matching"
    "Strict global checking"
    "Small size, low memory usage"
    "Community"
    "Speed"
    "Macros"
    "Access to applications with Lua"
    "Access to Lua libraries"
    "Modules"
    "Metatables"
    "Coroutines"
    "Nil-argument checks"
    "Readable compiler output"
    "Require-as-include"])

(q "What are the biggest problems you have using Fennel? (pick up to 5)" :checkbox
   ["Reluctance to introduce new languages to projects with teammates"
    "Lua library ecosystem is relatively small"
    "Unfamiliarity with Lua"
    "Lack of immutable data structures"
    "Lack of static types"
    "Non-first-class arithmetic operators"
    "Need better editor support"
    "Need better tooling support"
    "Portability across Lua versions"
    "Unclear documentation"
    "Confusing error messages (runtime)"
    "Confusing error messages (compile-time)"
    "Too slow (runtime)"
    "Too slow (compile time)"
    "Unclear how to build applications and libraries"
    "Unclear how to incorporate libraries into your build"
    "No runtime functions (need lume/luafun/penlight for common operations)"
    "Unpleasant community interactions"
    "No early returns"])

(q "If you haven't hacked on Fennel itself, why not?" :checkbox
   ["It already does everything I want"
    "I tried but I couldn't understand it"
    "I haven't found the time but I hope to in the future"
    "I'm intimidated by compilers"
    "I have hacked on the compiler"])

(q "Wrapping up" :section)

(q "What would you most like to see in a future version of Fennel?" :textarea)

(q "Do you have any code you've written in Fennel you would like to share?"
   :textarea)

(q "Any other comments?" :textarea)

(q "Submit" :submit)

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