Ask HN: V language (vlang) users, your experience of it?

> There still may be minor syntax changes before the 1.0 release, but they will be handled automatically via `vfmt`, as has been done in the past.

Let's add some context here, because a lot of times people that don't use the language, can interject drama. That's not what my post was about.

The gap between version 0.3 to 0.4 appears small and haven't experienced any issues so far (0.4 just came out). "vfmt" should handle those without issue. V became beta with 0.3, so if talking 0.2 and below, it was still in alpha.

If talking 0.1 or 0.2 to 0.3 or 0.4 (alpha to beta), that becomes a depends type of thing. For simple(r) programs, likely no issues. For more complex and very large programs, the difference can mean its better to rewrite. One of the reasons can be to take advantage of newer features. This can also be a non-issue for various people that didn't start using V until version 0.3 or later, so don't have anything written in 0.1 or 0.2 nor use libraries from that far back.

It should also be noted, that 3 years ago, would mean 2020. The alpha of the language came out in 2019 (4 plus years from today), so there is going to be a natural "time gap", that is not covered.

Additionally, I rather wait for the language to be a little more stable, as to be clear what the more definitive feature set and syntax is, before using in production. Be that as it may, enjoy using the language, and have various programs using V that run without issue.

I highly recommend trying out this language for something non-serious, it's very enjoyable! The most important thing is not to forget that it's still a long way to version 1.0, so some terms on the website and in other marketing materials may be misleading. But at the current stage of language development, I still like it from many perspectives, so giving it a try is definitely worth it!