Re: candidate of add. language in src (not rust)

On Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:59:53 +0300
Anthony Pankov <anthony.pankov@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> Just for note.
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> XLibre developer(s) is trying to (automatically) convert X server sources to V language.
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> (below opinion is not related to XLibre people)
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> V language is a transpiler. May be it has a good ratio of cost of maintaining in the src codebase to increasing src audience/contributors. 
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> V is aimed to be a "simple language for building maintainable programs". This claim make it theoretically suitable for developing none performance critical programs in an operating system base.
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> As for XLibre I think they would like to express (part of) a long lived and rarely touched C-codebase in a more maintainable and understandable way. Which allow them to touch a code with a more confidence when it is a necessarity for.
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> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Anthony Pankov                         mailto:anthony.pankov@yahoo.com

What's wanted (for me) to judge it is "is it standardized by ISO /
IEC?".
Means, adding something is OK (but not assured to be standardized on
next updates of the standard), but deletion and / or backwaed
incompatible modifications are clearly "prohibited", at worst, strongly
discouraged, not to force rewriting good enough codes in the future.

This (hopefully) would mean it's safe to code something important with
the language using only standardized (and marked as mandatory) features
only.

Regards.

-- 
Tomoaki AOKI    <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp>