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1. foul · 1789662157 · focus · HN ↗

   How are things going with V btw? In the past i've seen some bad press about this programming language.

   It was nice to use when I tried to dabble with it.

   1. Matl · 1789668947 · focus · HN ↗

      My understanding:

      - The bad press was because the initial public release on GitHub did not implement most of the things seemed like they're implemented, (Rust like memory safety etc.)

      - Over time it actually saw contributions from a lot of people and is kind of decent now, be it not as polished as Go, Rust, D etc.

      - It is super easy to use, so kind of attracts an audience.

      1. d-us-vb · 1789672877 · focus · HN ↗

         The bad press was because after some people tried to call them out for not shipping features that were claimed in the release, those people were banned from further contribution/commenting on github.

         1. richbell · 1789736574 · focus · HN ↗

            And the lead dev would come into any thread on HN or Reddit and argue with people.
         2. Matl · 1789748843 · focus · HN ↗

            Ouch. That's definitely worse than I assumed.
         3. amedvednikov · 1789887309 · focus · HN ↗

            Only one person, who said "V must die", was banned.

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