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by qwertyuiop924 3620 days ago
>you assume that it makes sense for manpages to continue serving primarily as a reference

No, I don't. But that's what they are, and what they're meant to be. Complaining that they are is like complaining that Haskell is functional: It may not be ideal for your circumstances, and you're welcome to make that known, but there's no use complaining about it, because it's the entire point.