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Arguably the reason why Odin has no or less Googleability, is it has no Wikipedia page, no books on Amazon, and few third party code examples at known places for programming enthusiasts. For any language to be taken seriously, their developers or fans should at least spend more time on that than hype.

The main thing it seems to have, is the hype and the cult of personality around its creator, ginger bill and lots of interviews and close ups of red hair. The problem with that, it becomes more about him and the bragging about his achievements.

I don't want to really learn a language so much as make useful programs.

That's why instead of the language creator bragging about themselves, many users want to be taught or see examples of what the language can actually do for them. That starts with books, code examples, more demo projects, etc...

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