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by dmix 2587 days ago
golangs multiple options (via dropdown) always seemed the best to me https://golang.org/

Nim's line length one is okay https://nim-lang.org/

Although I'm sure you guys debated it to death already I still find it unusual to not be able to find a any example of actual within a few clicks. Committee-driven design is always difficult.

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Go's page is for programmers; Rust's new page is for non-programmers. I think it's a mistake that you have to click "Get Started", then read through installation instructions, to finally see what Rust code looks like. It's all backwards. A short snippet (or two) should be front and center.

Crystal lang is another very good example: https://crystal-lang.org/.