V Playground

#1

Post by revskill » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 1:16 AM UTC

Re: V Playground

#2

Post by huntaub » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 1:52 AM UTC

Of the small amount that I've seen, this is the language that I wish Go were. Obviously, much of the benefit of Go is the standard library coming with "batteries included", so I'm interested to see how this develops over the next few years.

Re: V Playground

#3

Post by melling » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 2:05 AM UTC

Type inference and immutability by default took way too long to become mainstream.

Re: V Playground

#4

Post by wokwokwok » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 2:06 AM UTC

How do I get the compiler?

...or is this supposed to be the future of programming languages, compiler-as-a-service where you get a playground but not an actual compiler?

Re: V Playground

#5

Post by sanxiyn » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 2:09 AM UTC

wokwokwok wrote: post #4

How do I get the compiler? ...or is this supposed to be the future of programming languages, compiler-as-a-service where you get a playground but not an actual compiler?

https://vlang.io/ says "open source release in June 2019", so check back.

Re: V Playground

#6

Post by jchw » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 2:16 AM UTC

Very intrigued by this language but the lack of tangible information is beginning to hurt. I find myself questioning some of the claims and demos shown on the front page. Like translating C/C++ code? Is the doom3.v thing completely fake or not?

I'm not sure why it's being presented this way. I'm guessing it's probably structured this way for sake of Patreon, but it's actually a huge turn off.

Re: V Playground

#7

Post by sheeshkebab » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 2:18 AM UTC

neat idea, but seems like vaporware, mosty

Re: V Playground

#8

Post by adamnemecek » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 2:25 AM UTC

jchw wrote: post #6

Very intrigued by this language but the lack of tangible information is beginning to hurt. I find myself questioning some of the claims and demos shown on the front page. Like translating C/C++ code? Is the doom3.v thing completely fake or not? I'm not sure why it's being presented this way. I'm guessing it's probably structured this way for sake of Patreon, but it's actually a huge turn off.

AFAIK it was posted without the authors knowledge both times.

Re: V Playground

#9

Post by rqs » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 2:27 AM UTC

But why use `go` keyword for go-style routine?

I just realized I maybe have answered my own question but I don't think even Go should use `go` keyword for that.

Maybe give it a more technical name?

Re: V Playground

#10

Post by jchw » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 2:35 AM UTC

adamnemecek wrote: post #8

jchw wrote: post #6

Very intrigued by this language but the lack of tangible information is beginning to hurt. I find myself questioning some of the claims and demos shown on the front page. Like translating C/C++ code? Is the doom3.v thing completely fake or not? I'm not sure why it's being presented this way. I'm guessing it's probably structured this way for sake of Patreon, but it's actually a huge turn off.

AFAIK it was posted without the authors knowledge both times.

The point still stands, I mean if the author didn't want people looking at the page it certainly doesn't have to be public. It is what it is, I suppose; here's to hoping the red flags are misnomers.