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aaronmdjones 68 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Matt Godbolt sold me on Rust by showing me C++

Indent by 4 spaces to get code blocks on HN.

    Like
    this

craftkiller 68 days ago | [–]

You only need 2 spaces: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc

steveklabnik 68 days ago | | [–]

You only need 2. https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc

> Text after a blank line that is indented by two or more spaces is reproduced verbatim. (This is intended for code.)

bionhoward 67 days ago | [–]

  Thank
  you

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