[fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 17 Oct 2024, Nikolay Nikolov via fpc-pascal wrote:

>> I fully agree. It is especially true for young people.
>>
>> My wife creates websites for a living. I nearly had to re-animate her 
>> after she looked at the FPC website.
>> The FPC website is a no-go area for her since that time.
>>
>> Hence my intent to re-open the debate.
>
> I also agree. Unfortunately, as I said, compiler developers don't make 
> good web designers.

Hence the idea for a contest for actual designers...

> Examples for bad sites (I'm repeating myself, I know):
>
> https://gcc.gnu.org/
>
> https://llvm.org/
>
> But this time I'll also give some better examples:
>
> https://nim-lang.org/

Nice site, interesting language...

>
> https://www.haskell.org/
>
> https://www.rust-lang.org/

This last one is the one my bosses use as a reference when offering to fund.
(does not mean it needs to be copied, just an example of a "modern" site)

Michael.