This is not good, the info density for the screen area is too low. This could have been one maybe two screens worth. Is this the credits to Friends? Am I consuming Lisp Content while chillin in my penthouse on my 20k couch using a gold plated IPad X Tablet?
Counterpoint: I think the Common Lisp page does a good job giving good examples of interesting features, leaving me curious for more. The web benchmark is intriguing [1], and i'm really happy they gave an example of a good IDE, which so many language presentations completely overlook. The tooling is what I, as a developer, will interact with daily! I don't care if you language can do fizzwabble if I can't make heads or tails of it!
The Rust page, on the other hand, only effectively demonstrates one feature, which i don't care about. Unicode strings? Woo. Those belong in separate i18n file. It does so in a box that doesn't even properly display the whole snippet without scrolling. It is cool that I'm able to run it, though of course a newbie like me wouldn't know what to do. Its list of features should be links to examples. As is, the bullet points could have been extracted from a powerpoint presentation and are just as mind-numbing.
[1] though I want a link to more information, for example which servers they chose for Ruby and Node. Were those best-in-class for their language? I'm very suspicious of benchmarks given with little context.
I can see how it can be annoying to have to scroll to see everything. That said, I also find the page somewhat pretty.
I suspect preconceptions of the language going into the page make a big difference.
Which is not to criticize the Rust page. It is also nice, just different.
I will offer that proclaiming that Millenials are Killing Common Lisp is probably more effective at alienating potential users than a redesigned home page. :(
The stuff above the language description should be shoved to the bottom (excluding obviously the top menu) and it would be perfect. I miss their old site because it was obvious and to the point and had examples right away.
Millennials are Killing Common Lisp.
one page, https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/