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phpisatrash
Why V is again on front page? It's nothing more than Go with fewer libs and packages.

And I wonder, WHO compile a programming language to use it?

It can be learned in 1 hour? Yes. Go can be learned in 1 hour.

Honestly I don't see any benefits using V. Is nothing more than Go renamed with "V" and "marketing".

jdmoreira
I'm reading this: https://vlang.io/compare#go

Never used V and barely used Go. But still, some of those differences are a huge plus in my mind. For example Go FFI is notoriously slow.

Also immutability by default, enums, generics, no global state. Sounds awesome to my hears!

super_flanker
They are awesome on paper, but in reality implementation is full of bugs and doesn't work as advertised.
ThePowerOfFuet
@dang Could we retitle this to "The V Programming Language"?
zozbot234
The V is short for Vaporware of course.
artemonster
I remember this notion when most of the features were on a wishlist and a roadmap, but why its still a vaporware?
gompertz
Yeah... 13,000+ git commits. Certainly vaporware. Come on man.
super_flanker
Yeah, it doesn't change the fact that their advertised features don't work as expected and is crippled with tons of bugs.
colejohnson66
See also: the V team’s “block” approach to Christine (Xe) raising some concerns: https://christine.website/blog/series/v
gompertz
Wow, 2.5 years ago. So relevant.
colejohnson66
The complaints are from 2.5 years ago, yes. But the unprofessional response to the concerns is the issue.
Tozen
The first wave of Christine's complaints were when the V programming was just released. That's ludicrous to be doing that, to any programming language. Nobody is going to release a fully finished and complete programming language on day 1.

Criticisms from 2 and a half years ago on a new programming language are mostly not relevant.

It's really time to let go of the hate or come out and admit being an advocate for some other competing language.