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Updated On the benefits of using C as a language backend (markdown)

Alexander Medvednikov 2020-12-26 00:47:19 +01:00
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2. Easy bootstrapping and development. To bootstrap V, you need to download `v.c` and run `cc v.c`. That's it. No dependencies, no bootstrapping chains, nothing. The developers of the language don't need to work on two parallel implementations, new features can be introduced and used in the language right away. 2. Easy bootstrapping and development. To bootstrap V, you need to download `v.c` and run `cc v.c`. That's it. No dependencies, no bootstrapping chains, nothing. The developers of the language don't need to work on two parallel implementations, new features can be introduced and used in the language right away.
V has been 100% written in V since the release: V has been 100% written in V since the release.
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3. C gives us amazing platform support. C runs on everything, literally everything. LLVM supports lots of platforms and architectures, but it will never beat C. Being able to run V software on everything that C supports is huge. 3. C gives us amazing platform support. C runs on everything, literally everything. LLVM supports lots of platforms and architectures, but it will never beat C. Being able to run V software on everything that C supports is huge.