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examples are important in documentaiton

examples are important in documentaiton

Mar 14, 2024

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Rob Pike mentioned that not having enough examples was a key missing piece of Golang’s early documentation. [^1] Even examples for simplest functions helps, and it also worth to make examples executable on the web.

[^1] Rob Pike - What We Got Right, What We Got Wrong > Docs and examples


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