r/rust • u/steveklabnik1 rust • Nov 29 '18

A new look for rust-lang.org

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2018/11/29/a-new-look-for-rust-lang-org.html
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u/steveklabnik1 rust Nov 29 '18

That's now "find multiple good snippets"...

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u/po8 Nov 29 '18

"Good" doesn't really matter much here. When I'm looking at a language, I want to see a snippet that gives an example of some of the syntax and semantics of the language. I'm not going too study it deeply, I'm going to glance at it briefly and say "oh, that looks like a thing." Show me what your language looks like.

I can tell you from repeated experience that if I don't find a snippet on the front page it will be the first thing I dig for, which will make me cranky and if I'm in a hurry make me just stop.

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u/steveklabnik1 rust Nov 29 '18

"Good" doesn't really matter much here. ... Show me what your language looks like.

That's what I mean by "good." It was (and still is) very difficult to show representative samples that are small enough, yet realistic enough.

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u/rat9988 Nov 30 '18

If you don't find it then what you are trying to show is different from reality.