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What would you ask Santa’s IT department for Christmas?

Survey period: 7 Nov 2016 to 14 Nov 2016

OptionVotes% 
Tools to make your code take advantage of modern hardware (multi-core, parallelization etc)61048.80
Faster CPUs and co-processors59947.92
Better compilers and code analysers55844.64
A whopping big super computer or high-performance computing cluster51541.20
The secret instruction set to make your applications perform faster52441.92
Fast data analysis tools45936.72
Something that will force my users to Read The Manual66853.44
Other48238.56
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%



 
GeneralA Whopping Great Upgrade ... Pin
PeejayAdams7-Nov-16 1:48
PeejayAdams7-Nov-16 1:48 
GeneralOther, Part I Pin
W Balboos, GHB7-Nov-16 1:37
W Balboos, GHB7-Nov-16 1:37 
GeneralRe: Other, Part I Pin
Bassam Abdul-Baki7-Nov-16 2:29
professionalBassam Abdul-Baki7-Nov-16 2:29 
GeneralRe: Other, Part I Pin
CDP18027-Nov-16 4:06
CDP18027-Nov-16 4:06 
GeneralRe: Other, Part I Pin
W Balboos, GHB7-Nov-16 4:07
W Balboos, GHB7-Nov-16 4:07 
GeneralRe: Other, Part I Pin
CDP18027-Nov-16 4:54
CDP18027-Nov-16 4:54 
GeneralA robot to send as a virtual me to the customers Pin
LucaDN7-Nov-16 1:34
LucaDN7-Nov-16 1:34 
GeneralA better oscilloscope... Pin
CDP18027-Nov-16 0:07
CDP18027-Nov-16 0:07 
... a logic analyzer, the 'all you can solder' subscription for electronic parts and circuit boards and a really nerdy website where other people hang around who just love to solder together their own hardware and then run some code on it.

This particular little project already is coming along, even without Santa.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here

This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.

"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."

If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

GeneralOther Pin
den2k886-Nov-16 23:29
professionalden2k886-Nov-16 23:29 
GeneralRe: Other Pin
PeejayAdams7-Nov-16 1:50
PeejayAdams7-Nov-16 1:50 
GeneralHow about Pin
Johnny J.6-Nov-16 22:46
professionalJohnny J.6-Nov-16 22:46 
GeneralUsers to read the manual and... Pin
Nelek6-Nov-16 21:22
protectorNelek6-Nov-16 21:22 
GeneralFairly paid overtime... Pin
Oshtri Deka6-Nov-16 21:18
professionalOshtri Deka6-Nov-16 21:18 
GeneralI need a new computeeeer! Pin
Sander Rossel6-Nov-16 21:10
professionalSander Rossel6-Nov-16 21:10 
GeneralRe: I need a new computeeeer! Pin
blfuentes6-Nov-16 21:44
blfuentes6-Nov-16 21:44 
GeneralRe: I need a new computeeeer! Pin
Sander Rossel6-Nov-16 21:50
professionalSander Rossel6-Nov-16 21:50 
GeneralRe: I need a new computeeeer! Pin
CDP18027-Nov-16 22:37
CDP18027-Nov-16 22:37 
GeneralRe: I need a new computeeeer! Pin
Sander Rossel8-Nov-16 3:06
professionalSander Rossel8-Nov-16 3:06 
GeneralRe: I need a new computeeeer! Pin
CDP18028-Nov-16 3:13
CDP18028-Nov-16 3:13 
GeneralRe: I need a new computeeeer! Pin
den2k888-Nov-16 3:22
professionalden2k888-Nov-16 3:22 
GeneralA Slow Down Pin
M.Vo.6-Nov-16 20:52
M.Vo.6-Nov-16 20:52 
GeneralA new /and better/ manager Pin
blfuentes6-Nov-16 20:37
blfuentes6-Nov-16 20:37 
GeneralNothing Pin
Hemant Singh Rautela6-Nov-16 18:54
professionalHemant Singh Rautela6-Nov-16 18:54 
GeneralNot for me... Pin
PIEBALDconsult6-Nov-16 18:16
mvePIEBALDconsult6-Nov-16 18:16 
GeneralRe: Not for me... Pin
irneb8-Nov-16 0:09
irneb8-Nov-16 0:09 

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