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Bug: The code examples on the main page don't match their source code #3137

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@nineteendo

Describe the bug

Here's a diff between what the html should look like according to the source code and the website

diff --git a/source.md b/website.md
index fb765d0..6a4ea3c 100644
--- a/source.md
+++ b/website.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 <p>Experienced programmers in any other language can pick up Python very
 quickly, and beginners find the clean syntax and indentation structure
 easy to learn.
-<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/">Whet your appetite</a>
-with our Python overview.</p>
+<a href="//docs.python.org/3/tutorial/">Whet your appetite</a>
+with our Python&nbsp;3 overview.</p>
 
 ```python
 # Simple output (with Unicode)
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ Hi, Python.
 straightforward: the operators <code>+</code>, <code>-</code>,
 <code>*</code> and <code>/</code> work as expected; parentheses
 <code>()</code> can be used for grouping.
-<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html
-#using-python-as-a-calculator">More about simple math functions</a>.
-</p>
+<a href="http://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html#using-python-as-a-calculator">More about simple math functions in Python&nbsp;3</a>.</p>
 
 ```python
 # Simple arithmetic
@@ -43,11 +41,10 @@ straightforward: the operators <code>+</code>, <code>-</code>,
 <p>Lists (known as arrays in other languages) are one of the
 compound data types that Python understands. Lists can be indexed,
 sliced and manipulated with other built-in functions.
-<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html
-#lists">More about lists</a></p>
+<a href="//docs.python.org/3/tutorial/introduction.html#lists">More about lists in Python&nbsp;3</a></p>
 
 ```python
-# List comprehensions
+# Python 3: List comprehensions
 >>> fruits = ['Banana', 'Apple', 'Lime']
 >>> loud_fruits = [fruit.upper() for fruit in fruits]
 >>> print(loud_fruits)
@@ -63,16 +60,16 @@ sliced and manipulated with other built-in functions.
 languages speak &mdash; <code>if</code>, <code>for</code>,
 <code>while</code> and <code>range</code> &mdash; with some of
 its own twists, of course.
-<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html">
-More control flow tools</a></p>
+<a href="//docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html">
+More control flow tools in Python&nbsp;3</a></p>
 
 ```python
 # For loop on a list
 >>> numbers = [2, 4, 6, 8]
 >>> product = 1
 >>> for number in numbers:
-...     product = product * number
-...
+...    product = product * number
+... 
 >>> print('The product is:', product)
 The product is: 384
 ```
@@ -81,18 +78,16 @@ The product is: 384
 <p>The core of extensible programming is defining functions.
 Python allows mandatory and optional arguments, keyword arguments,
 and even arbitrary argument lists.
-<a href="https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html
-#defining-functions">More about defining functions</a></p>
+<a href="//docs.python.org/3/tutorial/controlflow.html#defining-functions">More about defining functions in Python&nbsp;3</a></p>
 
 ```python
-# Write Fibonacci series up to n
+# Python 3: Fibonacci series up to n
 >>> def fib(n):
-...     a, b = 0, 1
-...     while a < n:
-...         print(a, end=' ')
-...         a, b = b, a+b
-...     print()
-...
+>>>     a, b = 0, 1
+>>>     while a < n:
+>>>         print(a, end=' ')
+>>>         a, b = b, a+b
+>>>     print()
 >>> fib(1000)
-0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610
+0 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 144 233 377 610 987

To Reproduce

  1. Go to https://www.python.org
  2. Compare with https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/blob/main/apps/codesamples/factories.py

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I would expect the website to match the source code.

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Browser Version

18.6

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