I think when V was first announced (and to a lesser degree still today) it was really hard to tell the difference between the things the author had actually running and what was only “the vision.”
For example, V compiles to C super fast. Then you compile the C code at normal C compilation speed. Very logical design so no complaints there, but the original claims made it sound like it went straight from V to machine code in a blink, which isn’t exactly true.
However I will say that the project has been very active, the author has made his claims a lot more clear, and so far he’s delivering on his promises little by little.
If I were to summarize my experience testing out V, I would say the author looked around at the world of software engineering and said, “there are lots of good pieces out there, but what I want is one language + Stdlib that does absolutely everything, and what the hell, I’m just going to make it myself.”
It’s super ambitious, but it’s also pretty neat.
For example, V compiles to C super fast. Then you compile the C code at normal C compilation speed. Very logical design so no complaints there, but the original claims made it sound like it went straight from V to machine code in a blink, which isn’t exactly true.
However I will say that the project has been very active, the author has made his claims a lot more clear, and so far he’s delivering on his promises little by little.
If I were to summarize my experience testing out V, I would say the author looked around at the world of software engineering and said, “there are lots of good pieces out there, but what I want is one language + Stdlib that does absolutely everything, and what the hell, I’m just going to make it myself.”
It’s super ambitious, but it’s also pretty neat.