[pmarreck]

keep looking and you’ll see why.

chaotic-neutral dictator/chief dev categorizes any criticism (regardless of merit) as trolling and bans; language design far exceeds technical merit of implementation details; basically, things only look good on paper, but fall apart once you get past the shallow end of the pool.

I went to Nim instead for similar use-cases.

[amedvednikov]

Hm V literally has a big discussion called

"What don't you like about V / what would you like to be changed?"

https://github.com/vlang/v/discussions/7610

What exactly do you think only looks good on paper?

[pmarreck]

https://chatgpt.com/share/67e29912-bc64-8004-be75-3d0df11d07...

I have a toddler demanding 99% of my free time so I apologize in advance for the LLM shortcut but this looks correct based on my experience

[tauraamui]

So it begins...

[tauraamui]

I've been finding it perfectly suitable for this and other projects. Have you updated your point of view after recently attempting to write and profile a non trivial program?

[pmarreck]

https://chatgpt.com/share/67e29912-bc64-8004-be75-3d0df11d07...

I have a toddler demanding 99% of my free time so I apologize in advance for the LLM shortcut but this looks correct based on my experience

[tauraamui]

This AI answer is mostly referencing sources between 2020-2023. The only exception is an article written from last year, which itself admits "Anyone evaluating V for use today should obviously make judgement based on the language's current state.", but doesn't actually do that, it itself regurgitates points from other sources made multiple years ago. I think the recommendation I give is my staple "ABCs". Assume nothing, believe no-one, check everything.

[pmarreck]

I love that ABC thing and will be forced to remember it!

Good counterpoints. I did investigate it just a few months ago but then found criticisms about its translation of V to C being quite subpar, but eh

[amedvednikov]

Legit interested, what's subpar about the translation?