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.
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.
> 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
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.