v VS Odin

vlang is a Golang-like programming language. I will use vlang as an example,

v has the same syntax as golang and is derived from it. But otherwise, v is moving closer to rust, with immutability, bounds checking, and so on.

Here's a discussion of vlang's implementation of coroutine https://github.com/vlang/v/discussions/11582 Until recently, vlang has not supported coroutines very well

The syntax of nature is different from golang. But everything else is the same as golang, including goroutine, GC, channel, cross-compilation and deployment, and even free programming ideas, less is more, and so on.

I think these features are the best thing about golang, even in front of all programming languages. That's why I'm trying to see if I can create a better golang.

In the early stages of availability, I would not advise others to switch to nature, as this would be irresponsible. When nature is sufficiently advanced, the situation will be different.

Another language with such features, including sumtypes, is V (Vlang)[1].

[1] https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/master/doc/docs.md#sum-types

We recently migrated from YAML CI to VSH as well:

https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/master/ci/linux_ci.vsh

Zig is also not the only language that has interesting compile-time features. V (Vlang)[1] and D (Dlang) (among others), has them too. It's kind of weird that this is promoted so much with Zig, as if other languages don't have a lot of this.

[1]: https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/master/doc/docs.md#compile-t...

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When I look at a programming language site, I want a quick way to navigate to a reasonably sized code sample, optionally documented, but show me the code.

Sites which do this well:

  https://odin-lang.org/

Here is the website: https://odin-lang.org/ - which was not obvious.

Or maybe you want a language that's more geared towards game dev, and includes a lot of the commonly use libraries? Odin

I have noticed a trend for Rust game development to revolve around developing engines that are "high-performance," particularly with a focus on entity component systems. This is development for the sake of optimisation and premature is putting it lightly.

Let me say this loud and clear for anyone who dares to hear a fool: don't even think about performance until it becomes a problem and even then you could still probably stand to ignore it. Ergonomics are infinitely more important for an engine. If you can't develop and iterate quickly you can't prove your ideas and make something fun. These are two things Rust is very bad at.

Rust is good at many things, but game development is really not one of them. C++ is still okay. If you want to try something new, Odin[1] is shaping up nicely.

[1] https://odin-lang.org/

Odin website sure could! Highlights according to landing page:

> Data-Oriented, Simplicity, High Performance, "Batteries Included", Open Source (BSD 3)

https://odin-lang.org/