I am confused by the divisive views on V. On one hand people who seem to know their onions speak well of it. @Willow provides helpful reasons why the project might have started inauspiciously, whereas by contrast @Noam I feel you cast vague aspersions without evidence. Perhaps for a fledgeling language all publicity is good publicity? Certainly I would expect a "controversies" section on the wikipedia page if it was that toxic as some seem to think.
As for "vibes", I think @Kurmakes an interesting point on the importance of emotional factors. There seems to be an appetite for a new language within Plan 9 as evidenced by the wiki page linked in OP. HarveyOS jumped first (with Rust), but whilst rewriting everything in rust is trendy (has the right vibes), r9 hardly set the world on fire. The adoption of Rust in projects such as Linux may well be driven by emotion, and in a bloated codebase like Linux it seems to have been a failure. Could the experience of r9 - despite the vastly more manageable code base of Plan 9 - suggest it is not the language for Plan9's future? Looking beyond Rust, could languages like Zig (good call, @Willow) and maybe V be better candidates? ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T9d57d40811a8ec5d-M37da1c1bd57e914926be4eb1 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
