I, the author, don't find code samples particularly interesting. When I want to consider a language, I start by asking what the hard problems it solves are. Why would I want to learn this language? What does it give him, what is it better at than the languages I already know. Given that is my bias and I am the author, that is what I wrote about.

Was the article for you or an audience, what outcome are you trying to achieve, does your decision still hold true?