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Add to SafariWhen comparing Brainfuck vs V, the Slant community recommends V for most people. In the question“What is the best programming language to learn first?” V is ranked 34th while Brainfuck is ranked 73rd. The most important reason people chose V is:
V is easier than C and fast like C.
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Pros
Pro Great exercice for your brain
If you ever succeed to use it at least once, whatever it does, you will never be afraid to learn any other programming language.
Pro Very good introduction in geek communities
Say you made a Brainfuck program once, and count how many geeks you will attract.
Pro Designed to challenge and amuse programmers
Rather than have a practical application, Brainfuck is an esoteric language for the purpose of challenging programmers who want to code in a more unusual language.
Pro Fast like C
V is easier than C and fast like C.
Pro Simplicity
V is simple and powerful.
Pro Single Paradigm
Follows the philosophy that there should be only one way to do something, as opposed to multi-paradigm languages like C++.
Pro Generics
V has generics.
Pro GUI editor
A visual editor for building native GUI apps is planned, it will use WinAPI/GDI+ on Windows, Cocoa on macOS. On Linux custom drawing is used.
Cons
Con Esoteric language
Brainfuck is by design extremely difficult to use. This makes it un-learnable to beginners.
Con Impractical language, used only as a toy
It won't get you a job. It is not used in any practical application.
Con It's a joke language
Con Almost as bad as Python, but less adopted.
It's a joke, just like Python, but at least brainfuck admits it ;-)
Con R-rated name
It's difficult to talk about in polite company.
Con Alpha stage
V 1.0 release is planned for December 2019.
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