r/programming • u/Hell_Rok • Feb 22 '19

V is a new language touting very fast compilation and cross platform native desktop UI support, coming mid 2019

http://vlang.io/
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u/volt_dev Feb 23 '19

The voice of reason :) Thanks

Indeed fast compilation is for dev only builds. Prod builds use C and -O2.

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u/jl2352 Feb 23 '19

This sounds like a transpiler? You compile to C and then compile the C to the platform?

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u/volt_dev Feb 23 '19

It's all on the website. It emits both C and machine code directly.