I remember from first publications about V lang that felt like a hoax: reams of exciting promises and basically nothing to show for them.'
It's great to see that it's not s hoax, and it starts to somehow flesh out.
It's great to see that it's not s hoax, and it starts to somehow flesh out.
Would disagree with "nothing to show for them" though.
The V compiler was written in V from the start at the time of the release, which already shows the maturity of the language, and it did compile itself in less than a second. Bootstrapping it has always been as simple as `cc v.c`. It had a graphics library from the start with a working Tetris game example, hot code reloading, etc
It was definitely rough around the edges due to being a one man project, so it's good that it received help from hundreds of contributors. It's much more stable now.
Regarding compile times, why do you claim less than one second when your own tracking shows 2.5 seconds and trending upwards? (fast.vlang.io) Aren't you concerned that as the compiler and language are actually implemented, compile times will continue to worsen? Have you considered that perhaps that's why there are so few languages that claim that kind of bootstrap time?
That seems completely contrary to my engineering training. The engineer motto is about "be prepared for the unexpected" i.e. escape hatches, manual override, overprovisioning, assume that your temporary "train", "power plant", "airplane" will be in service for 40 years instead of 20, make it serviceable even without infrastructure.
The author made lots of unsubstantiated and even nonsensical promises such as green threads with no runtime or the supposed C++ to V translator which would be a HUGE breakthrough in compiler technology because such a tool would be (as was exactly shown in an example) able to understand programmer's intent.
He just stringed together attractive looking words and phrases without really understanding what they mean.
And of course, none of the promises actually materialized, so either Medvednikov is grossly incompetent or a pathological liar. You decide which is the case.