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Unfortunately, V currently does not generate a classical stricter IR, but C code (as strings) directly, which explains some of the issues concerning C compilati

Unfortunately, V currently does not generate a classical stricter IR, but C code (as strings) directly, which explains some of the issues concerning C compilation errors. I am optimistic about the future though, so I continue writing and changing V programs (the V compiler itself is a V program mind you)... I am not in the habit of wishing upon stars (or other people), for something that requires just thinking, engineering and time. p.s. PRs are welcome.

cormacrelf 6y ago
Right. It's like sitting down in a café with your whole day of work ahead of you, a nice cup of coffee and some thinking, engineering and time. Except the day is perhaps 400,000 man-hours long, for all the things V wants to be. Every new project is nice when it's greenfield, but V is something else. V seems to be perpetually on the cusp of greater things. And it has done all the things that projects do when they are there, and will continue to do the things that projects do when they are there. (Like stability guarantees!) That does not make it a great thing, but it stays enjoyable to hack on because you get to be part of a thing that exists. And it's on the cusp! As long as V never gets good, and the author keeps claiming things are around the corner, it will always be on this cusp. And coding it will never be too complicated, because V doesn't do any of that fancy stuff. Well, it already does, but not yet. "It does but not yet" is exactly what makes you the happiest, because you simultaneously get to be part of the avant garde, and not have to know how to do it. I bet the author loves it. It's no fun when people point out that it doesn't yet, because it will, it will because all these people here are busily plugging away and adding all the things it already has, which is significantly easier than adding the things it hasn't. It's even worse when people say it won't, because if it won't, then it never did. Unfortunately, for the people you need to make it work, that kind of "It does but not yet" is not fun. It makes me bristle. This Sisyphus, reader, would rather throw himself down the mountain. You, too, can feel the nausea if you sit with it.
- delian66 6y ago
  I am more motivated to have a language that compiles fast to small binaries, is easy to understand and use, and is cross platform, but thanks for you attempt for psychoanalysis of a stranger on the internet anyway. If I were you though, I would stick to coding, your prose is hard to read - at least try to use proper punctuation and spacing.
  - johnfn 6y ago
    Reads fine to me. The gratuitous negativity is unnecessary.

cormacrelf 6y ago

Right. It's like sitting down in a café with your whole day of work ahead of you, a nice cup of coffee and some thinking, engineering and time. Except the day is perhaps 400,000 man-hours long, for all the things V wants to be. Every new project is nice when it's greenfield, but V is something else. V seems to be perpetually on the cusp of greater things. And it has done all the things that projects do when they are there, and will continue to do the things that projects do when they are there. (Like stability guarantees!) That does not make it a great thing, but it stays enjoyable to hack on because you get to be part of a thing that exists. And it's on the cusp! As long as V never gets good, and the author keeps claiming things are around the corner, it will always be on this cusp. And coding it will never be too complicated, because V doesn't do any of that fancy stuff. Well, it already does, but not yet. "It does but not yet" is exactly what makes you the happiest, because you simultaneously get to be part of the avant garde, and not have to know how to do it. I bet the author loves it. It's no fun when people point out that it doesn't yet, because it will, it will because all these people here are busily plugging away and adding all the things it already has, which is significantly easier than adding the things it hasn't. It's even worse when people say it won't, because if it won't, then it never did. Unfortunately, for the people you need to make it work, that kind of "It does but not yet" is not fun. It makes me bristle. This Sisyphus, reader, would rather throw himself down the mountain. You, too, can feel the nausea if you sit with it.

delian66 6y ago
I am more motivated to have a language that compiles fast to small binaries, is easy to understand and use, and is cross platform, but thanks for you attempt for psychoanalysis of a stranger on the internet anyway. If I were you though, I would stick to coding, your prose is hard to read - at least try to use proper punctuation and spacing.
- johnfn 6y ago
  Reads fine to me. The gratuitous negativity is unnecessary.