Comment by vlang1dot0
4 years ago
It's not terribly impressive when the compiler just outputs C and invokes TCC or your platform's compiler to do the actual work. V is far more like a different syntax for C than it is a real language. Perhaps one day that will change but currently V is to C as CoffeeScript is to JavaScript.
hmm. IIRC, C++ also started by compiling to C. Typescript also compiles to JS. CMIIW.
Coffeescript also gained popularity (perhaps until JS caught up and render CS not relevant anymore)
CoffeeScript was popular until Typescript came along and actually added something useful to JavaScript instead of just changing the syntax.