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Re:Red Language: Features and future directions by biot on Saturday January 02, 2016 @01:43PM (#10827266)
It's missing the one key thing every language site (particularly for upcoming languages) should have: a sample program right on the home page. Even if you click over to About, there's a YouTube video followed by what I gather is some kind of Flash file, followed by multiple offers to download a PDF of some slides. Really? Can't you just show me in plain text what the language looks like?
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Re:Red Language: Features and future directions by ZenoArrow on Saturday January 02, 2016 @02:02PM (#10827367)
I agree it's useful to have an example program or two on the homepage, but to be honest the Red/Rebol syntax may appear a little quirky at first glance, though it's straightforward to use after completing a quick tutorial.

If you're still interested in seeing some samples, there are a couple on the Red Wikipedia page:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_(programming_language)

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Re:Red Language: Features and future directions by ncx on Saturday January 02, 2016 @10:31PM (#10829373)
The current website is based on blogger. There are plans to rewrite it in "the future".
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