Thanks.

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.