Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by jokethrowaway 1528 days ago
It's a communication problem.

Looking at the homepage and the projects it feels like everything is ready and, if the claims were true, it would be the most ground breaking language of the last decades. When you go to look at the code or try to run something you find out: - some things are still closed source - some are broken - some are wins from C

It's a great strategy for collecting a check from VCs and I wish the author the best of luck, but it won't fly with developers.
2 comments
EdSchouten 1528 days ago
As I can't respond to amedvednikov's comment below, let me respond to it through yours (sorry):

> No things are closed source. Never have been.

That's not correct. I seem to remember that when V was released initially, the compiler was available for download in binary form only. The source code was only released later on.

link
amedvednikov 1528 days ago
That was before the public release and only lasted for a week.

So saying now 2.5 years later some things are closed source is ridiculous.

link
vlang1dot0 1527 days ago
Could you point to the C2V source?
link
vlang1dot0 1527 days ago
So, you're saying C2V is closed source then? Which is exactly what Alex said isn't true.
link
Tozen 1527 days ago
There is a difference between not releasing the source yet versus closed source. Often, closed source refers to not ever going to open the source, including commercial interests. In regards to not yet releasing the source, things can be in the process of being worked on, made ready for public review, or being organized where other programmers can more sensibly contribute to the source.
link
ylluminate 1527 days ago
We could, but it's not yet public. Rest assured, it exists and there is work going forward on it to get it out the door somewhat soon.

You may find the public `go2v` work interesting. It's being worked on by some other folks in the community: https://github.com/vlang/go2v

link
paskozdilar 1526 days ago
Note that, in most cases, you can't respond to a comment because it's been posted too recently. I think it's a mechanism to prevent flaming.
link
amedvednikov 1528 days ago
No things are closed source. Never have been.

What things are broken for you?

What claims are not true?

link