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Simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software. Compiles itself in <1s with zero library dependencies. Supports automatic C => V translation. https://vlang.io

237 mentions on Hacker News by 106 people: 41 stories, 196 comments · first 2019-02-09 · latest 2026-10-07

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  1. well I just git cloned it and ran make and that was it. Very impressive 26k line generated c file: https://github.com/vlang/vc/blob/master/v.c is this the future of C? it's like too dangerous for humans to code it directly. We need langs…
    comment by andrewfromx · 2019-12-25 · in Golang and Rust = Vlang
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    Golang and Rust = Vlang
    story by funerr · 2019-12-25 · 18 comments
  3. …V compiler hasn't crashed once for me, and I haven't received any crash reports from other users. https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/2838 "Compiler crash during filtering's assignment operation on a mutable array"…
    comment by tom_mellior · 2019-12-05 · in On the benefits of using C as a language back end
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    On the benefits of using C as a language back end
    story by BafS · 2019-12-04 · 7 comments
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    The V Programming Language
    story by gtirloni · 2019-11-19 · 3 comments
  6. …incorporated into the 'master' branch[1] so you can now use it. 0 - https://vlang.io/docs#bash 1 - https://github.com/vlang/v/commit/5cd38ec91bc1919aca9f63432e...
    comment by nedp · 2019-10-19 · in The V language now compiles itself in 0.09 seconds
  7. …The author's misrepresentation of the language, of course, hangs overhead upon all of this. https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/35 I don't want to discount all of the work people have put into V. It is clear that they have made considerable…
    comment by hybrids · 2019-10-19 · in The V language now compiles itself in 0.09 seconds
  8. …2019 deadline would mean going from "first public alpha"[3] to 1.0 in less than a year. [1] https://github.com/vlang/v [a] depending on what 1.0 means, I guess [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21296992 [3]…
    comment by dinglejungle · 2019-10-19 · in The V language now compiles itself in 0.09 seconds
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    The V language now compiles itself in 0.09 seconds
    story by amedvednikov · 2019-10-19 · 91 comments
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    V-Lang Alpha
    story by explodingcamera · 2019-10-16 · 3 comments
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    The V Programming Language
    story by fortran77 · 2019-09-13 · 3 comments
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    V Language syntax supported in GitHub
    story by rvz · 2019-08-28 · 0 comments
  13. and the REPL only leaks 1MB [1] to compile and run a hello world program. 1: https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/514
    comment by hexane360 · 2019-07-18 · in What's Coming in Python 3.8
  14. …simplicity and "only one way to do it": https://vlang.io The development has been going quite well: https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
    comment by amedvednikov · 2019-07-17 · in What's Coming in Python 3.8
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    V Compiler Open Sourced
    story by andrewla · 2019-06-24 · 0 comments
  16. …this "vaporware"? The compiler can already compile itself in 0.3 seconds and is written 100% in V: https://github.com/vlang/v#installing-v-from-source It allows building easy cross platform graphical apps:…
    comment by amedvednikov · 2019-06-23 · in V Is for Vaporware
  17. I think I have found a single line of C here lol: Here it is: https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/978ec58fe300929555786fdf58ca... Please explain the use of `#include <pthread.h>` then, because as far as I can tell, this is a C header...unless…
    comment by stephen82 · 2019-06-23 · in The V Programming Language is open source
  18. …this on Twitter, GitHub, Hacker News, and Reddit. Maybe even more platforms I didn't notice. https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/292#issuecomment-504281727
    comment by amedvednikov · 2019-06-22 · in The V Programming Language is open source
  19. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20229632 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19610971 https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/319 (issues are being deleted https://mobile.twitter.com/boy_edgey/status/1142507034446876... )…
    comment by estebank · 2019-06-22 · in The V Programming Language is open source
  20. Maybe it would be better to change the link to [1] ? [1] https://github.com/vlang/v
    comment by ksec · 2019-06-22 · in The V Programming Language is open source
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    The V Programming Language is open source
    story by kgraves · 2019-06-22 · 155 comments
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    V lang source code is released
    story by aredirect · 2019-06-22 · 2 comments
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    The V Programming Language
    story by theBashShell · 2019-06-22 · 0 comments
  24. …you can stack much reputation that your mistake or short-sighted action doesn't harm yourself. [1] https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/287 [2] Not that I like this form of release. Proprietary languages simply don't work in the modern world.
    comment by lifthrasiir · 2019-06-20 · in The V Programming Language
  25. …is shown that your language is just "Not as Advertised", which I originally stated in this issue: https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/35 Note: You also deleted many comments by other individuals criticizing your claims in that issue too.
    comment by gingerBill · 2019-06-20 · in The V Programming Language
  26. …did not call this project as fraudulent rather "This is not as advertised" which talked about here: https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/35 Note: some of the comments on that issue have been deleted by the v-lang creator as they were…
    comment by gingerBill · 2019-06-20 · in The V Programming Language
  27. And here's why: https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/287
    comment by amedvednikov · 2019-06-20 · in The V Programming Language
  28. …but even without knowing much PL knowledge AndyKelley is very clearly showing that it is shady. [1] https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/35 (For example, there are ways to implement generics or interfaces without AST, much harder but a…
    comment by lifthrasiir · 2019-06-20 · in The V Programming Language
  29. …it is natural and understandable that people doubt its premise before the full release. [1] https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/35
    comment by lifthrasiir · 2019-06-20 · in The V Programming Language
  30. https://github.com/vlang/v says the source code will be released on 2019-06-22.
    comment by lifthrasiir · 2019-06-20 · in The V Programming Language
  31. I'm working on something that might do #4 and #5: https://vlang.io/#ui An example of a small GUI app: https://github.com/vlang/v/tree/master/examples/users_gui The app is about 100 KB on all platforms with zero dependencies and uses native…
    comment by amedvednikov · 2019-04-25 · in Cross-Platform GUI Toolkit Trainwreck (2016)
  32. Isn't V fake? https://github.com/vlang/v
    comment by MuffinFlavored · 2019-04-09 · in Zig 0.4.0 Released
  33. …readable) C, so you get the great platform support and optimization of gcc and Clang."[0] [0] https://github.com/vlang-io/V#run-everywhere
    comment by bitt · 2019-03-30 · in V Playground
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    Ask HN: What are the drawbacks of releasing my language under GPLv3+link exc?
    story by amedvednikov · 2019-03-17 · 11 comments
  35. See https://github.com/vlang-io/V/issues/3#issuecomment-46780844... and the following two comments.
    comment by edflsafoiewq · 2019-03-16 · in The V Programming Language
  36. https://github.com/vlang-io/V/blob/master/examples/users.v They are very simple and combine Rust's Option<T> and Result<T>.
    comment by amedvednikov · 2019-02-21 · in Practical Go: Real-world advice for writing maintainable Go programs
  37. You can follow the project here: https://github.com/vlang-io/V https://vlang.io
    comment by amedvednikov · 2019-02-09 · in About V, the language Volt is written in