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Thanks for posting this. When I looked at the linked page, my immediate complaint was, "Just show me a small example!" I don't really have the time or inclinati

Thanks for posting this. When I looked at the linked page, my immediate complaint was, "Just show me a small example!" I don't really have the time or inclination to dig into all those links to see the syntax for code-blocks, comments (for gods' sake!) or expressions, none of which will give me a feel for the language anyway. (My interest is very casual, prompted only by my interest in improving software tooling (languages particularly) and it's a fairly low priority for me in the first place.) So mcbrit's quick snippet to the rescue! :D eta: I do wish programming language pages would all just put a small code sample right there on their landing page, at least as a supplement to whatever else they want to say. Mostly it's going to be experienced developers who look, and we don't want/need a lot of fluff; we're reasonably likely to fairly quickly grok most of what's interesting about a language from a well-crafted example, and that's more likely than anything else to prompt us to dig deeper if it tickles something inside us.

smcl 4y ago
> I do wish programming language pages would all just put a small code sample right there on their landing page Seconded. As someone who doesn't work with Fortnite/UE5 development I suspect this page isn't really meant for me. But I would at least have assumed they'd want to have a few little standalone examples front-and-centre to entice any potential users
antifa 4y ago
> I do wish programming language pages would all just put a small code sample right there on their landing page Also make sure your learnxiny page is up to date and appealing. GDScript (godot) has one: https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/gdscript/ https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/gdscript/ Offtopic examples: Nim: https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/nim/ https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/nim/ Crystal: https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/crystal/ https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/crystal/ After reading those, how can you say no to nim or crystal? I didn't even understand the Verse sample, I'd need to see the equivalent c++ (or other common language) to really get what made it appealing. Maybe also more explanation on why. A good learnxiny page might have done that for me.

smcl 4y ago

> I do wish programming language pages would all just put a small code sample right there on their landing page Seconded. As someone who doesn't work with Fortnite/UE5 development I suspect this page isn't really meant for me. But I would at least have assumed they'd want to have a few little standalone examples front-and-centre to entice any potential users

antifa 4y ago

> I do wish programming language pages would all just put a small code sample right there on their landing page Also make sure your learnxiny page is up to date and appealing. GDScript (godot) has one: https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/gdscript/ https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/gdscript/ Offtopic examples: Nim: https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/nim/ https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/nim/ Crystal: https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/crystal/ https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/crystal/ After reading those, how can you say no to nim or crystal? I didn't even understand the Verse sample, I'd need to see the equivalent c++ (or other common language) to really get what made it appealing. Maybe also more explanation on why. A good learnxiny page might have done that for me.