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Re: The V Programming Language

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Post by graphememes »

stefanos82 wrote: post #288
amedvednikov wrote: post #283

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> V does seem to lean very heavily on inlined C inside its standard library and compiler This is completely false. Why are competing language developers so willing to spread misinformation? :) There are 0 lines of C in the compiler. The vlib has about 500. So that's 500 out of ~14k. Most of it was added last spring when V just didn't have the necessary features. All of C code will be removed this month.

I think I have found a single line of C here lol: Here it is: https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/978ec58fe300929555786fdf58ca... Please explain the use of `#include ` then, because as far as I can tell, this is a C header...unless I'm missing something here mate.

Oh, there are a lot more than this one line as well.

It would be one thing if he apologized, but instead playing the victim makes the whole situation worse. I wonder how long until the patreons drop below 800.

Re: The V Programming Language

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Post by graphememes »

amedvednikov wrote: post #222
yorwba wrote: post #208

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That's what the "..." indicates. They're still included in the total count (assuming by json.v you actually mean json/json_primitives.v).

Right, of course :)

Someone who makes a language should know this.

Re: The V Programming Language

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Post by _x3ue »

amedvednikov wrote: post #55
AndyKelley wrote: post #22

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Wow, calling me a fraud and a scam artist based on these "facts"?.. The compiler has ZERO dependencies, as stated on the website. You can build it with `clang v.c`. Do you really think the compiler needs glfw or freetype to function? It's for the graphics library to build things like the tetris.v example. As for clang, It was made very clear that V compiles to C in addition to emitting native code, and that it's much…

You remind me of another russian school kid "inventor" that "created" completely new OS named "BolgenOS" :D Basically reskinned Ubuntu and tried to present it as 100% original software.

Re: The V Programming Language

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Post by ryuukk_ »

fredsanford wrote: post #299
ryuukk_ wrote: post #124

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he's getting that much money because his project looks interesting, that is what most developpers want, so they are willing to take the risk now other language designers need to learn from this project keep your language simple, keep dependency list tiny, make clean syntax, focus on efficiency and small file size, and you win patrons but people often then bloat their project, with uneeded features, that makes languag…

This smells very much like a sockpuppet...

im here https://github.com/ryuukk/ open an issue wherever u want i'll reply

Re: The V Programming Language

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Post by renox »

bscphil wrote: post #254
estebank wrote: post #163

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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. If the information presented on https://vlang.io/ had any hint of being aspirational as opposed to comparing it directly with existing languages, and the author had less confrontational interactions with skeptical people online, the reaction to this language would be different. Of course, without the extraordinary claims this code dump would also not receive the at…

It's worth noting that the website now has "WIP" annotations on many of the claims. I'm not sure how recently these were added as this thread is my introduction to the language. My assessment (not a language designer) is that this is something that shows some promise as a transpiled language for people who want a Go-like language without some of the common pain points and are OK with having no GC. I would add that pe…

> writing an entire machine code compiler that will run faster than GCC and equal it in performance is a difficult task

Except that AFAIK he didn't claim that the native generated code will be as optimised as what gcc or clang produce..

I expect that this native code generator is useful for the debug build where code compilation speed matters more than optimised code generated.

Sure in some cases you need the performance even for debug build then you'll need to spend more time compiling..

Re: The V Programming Language

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Post by mellosouls »

withoutboats wrote: post #296
mellosouls wrote: post #284

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An indication of why you might have been flagged and a pointer to the norms of this strange website are given in dangs request to us not to post as you have done, some time before you submitted the post.

You seem like a really unpleasant person and it doesn't really seem worth my time to interact with you, but I want to point out that your post actually contains no relevant information: "to post as I have done" is a tautological reference to my violation, as "to post as I have done" describes the entire sum of my post and behavior. This provides no insight, and seems mainly an opportunity for you to be smug. My suspi…

You're assessment of me as a "really unpleasant person" and other critics here as "internet nerds" also indicates a lack of understanding of the site's rules.

Please refrain from personal insults and take the time to read the guidelines before commenting further.

Re: The V Programming Language

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Post by withoutboats »

mellosouls wrote: post #306
withoutboats wrote: post #296

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You seem like a really unpleasant person and it doesn't really seem worth my time to interact with you, but I want to point out that your post actually contains no relevant information: "to post as I have done" is a tautological reference to my violation, as "to post as I have done" describes the entire sum of my post and behavior. This provides no insight, and seems mainly an opportunity for you to be smug. My suspi…

You're assessment of me as a "really unpleasant person" and other critics here as "internet nerds" also indicates a lack of understanding of the site's rules. Please refrain from personal insults and take the time to read the guidelines before commenting further.

I won't be doing that.

Re: The V Programming Language

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Post by mellosouls »

withoutboats wrote: post #307
mellosouls wrote: post #306

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You're assessment of me as a "really unpleasant person" and other critics here as "internet nerds" also indicates a lack of understanding of the site's rules. Please refrain from personal insults and take the time to read the guidelines before commenting further.

I won't be doing that.

Cool. Keep insulting people then, your prerogative.
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