This is the real danger of a vaporware project like this. Instead of donating to the many good free/open source projects out there that actually need support...these people are donating (and starring/bookmarking on GitHub) a project that hasn't proven its worth.

I use magit, an Emacs git mode, every single day at work and it receives $10/month in donations. And there are far more users of it than V, ~4000 stars on GitHub (if that's an indicator of anything). I just can't believe this vaporware project is draining attention and money and time from other projects.

V has a http module. It leaves a lot to be desired. My favorite part is the implementation of download_file on macOS:

fn download_file(url, out string) {
	// println('\nDOWNLOAD FILE $out url=$url')
	// -L follow redirects
	// println('curl -L -o "$out" "$url"')
	os.system2('curl -s -L -o "$out" "$url"')
	// res := os.system('curl -s -L -o "$out" "$url"')
	// println(res)
}

This has no error checking (the function os.system2 returns the exit code of curl) and it shells out to curl instead of using libcurl. (…)

This is the funniest shit I've read all week. Thank you!

Silly question: is there a programming language for every letter of the alphabet?

Startup founders regularly overpromise about unfinished features, and no one bats an eye when they pull in millions of VC funding money. What do you think it is about this guy's Patreon that has people feeling so indignant?

I wonder if V's developer shouldn't just sell his skills as a marketer to other FOSS projects that are sorely in need of donations.