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From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: Who uses IDLE -- please answer if you ever do, know, or teach
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On 8/5/2015 9:17 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> writes:
>
>> Private answers are welcome. They will be deleted as soon as they are
>> tallied (without names).
>
> Are you also expecting questionnaire answers in this forum?

Either or both.

> I suspect it will become a free-ranging discussion;

This has not happened so far.  I am not commenting on direct answers to 
the questions, only ideas for new features.

 > hopefully you're prepared to pick through and collect the
 > responses if so.

So far, they have been even more varies than I expected.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy