> The story comes across as very strange, to say the least. But a point that should not be missed, and why I made this post, is the reasons behind what is being attempted by telling such stories and painting such a narrative.
> It's indicative of what the V language has been facing, and the hidden assault on it's public image (as part of an ongoing language war) that many casuals don't realize is going on.
You have made numerous comments in this thread dismissing any criticism of V as coordinated effort from jealous competitors. Again, what _proof_ do you have of this "language war"? How is a single comment indicative of a "hidden assault"?
On June 20th of 2019, and prior to the open-source release of V on June 22nd of 2019, the creators of competing languages, and various supporters of theirs made very disparaging remarks against V and it's creator[1].
V was falsely characterized and accused of being a "scam", "vaporware", or "fraud" that really didn't exist or its source would not be released to the public. To include, V's creator was allowed to be heavily and repeatedly insulted on the thread.
The creator of one of the languages made a direct plea to not give money to the V project, and instead give that money to himself and another creator[1]. Which, was way beyond the usual lines of civility. This was later added to, with the other creator (back in 2019) making a somewhat similar plea for people to give him their money instead while doing harsh attacks on V, from his website[2].
Surrounding that, was angry talk over how much monetary support V was getting[1]. "He's up to 56% of the income I make on Patreon..., and I've been busting my ass for years..."[1]. This can be viewed as jealousy over the amount another developer was getting, so early on.
Such behavior by language creators, against another, is clearly and extremely irregular. While both creators later on kind of walked backed their earlier statements and attempted to remove themselves from heightened drama and initiating a language war, it was arguably way too late. The statements were walked back a bit, because they were in error. V's creator made an early release for his Patreon supporters, which he has the right to, that was taken out of context. Furthermore, he did release the source for V, 2 days later and in June (as was promised). Despite this, the goal posts were moved, to continually find anything else to attack V on (from when it was an alpha) as a newer competing language.
Over the years, the drama has persisted. To include HN accounts dedicated for the purpose of attacking or insulting V (to include sleeper or newly created accounts), in the frame of an overall wider effort spanning years and various different websites. From time to time, the opposition against V, has also mistakenly or nonchalantly identified themselves as such (can be seen through search). Casual readers on HN or other websites, often don't know of the motives behind unnecessary or odd vitriol, so this can be "hidden" to them.
Lastly, the V language has every right to exist and flourish, as those other languages. V has numerous developers, contributors, and supporters who make it continually better.
> It's indicative of what the V language has been facing, and the hidden assault on it's public image (as part of an ongoing language war) that many casuals don't realize is going on.
You have made numerous comments in this thread dismissing any criticism of V as coordinated effort from jealous competitors. Again, what _proof_ do you have of this "language war"? How is a single comment indicative of a "hidden assault"?
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