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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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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)

The current website is based on blogger. There are plans to rewrite it in "the future".

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