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Add to SafariWhen comparing Lobster vs V, the Slant community recommends V for most people. In the question“What are the best statically typed, compiled, memory safe programming languages?” V is ranked 3rd while Lobster is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose V is:
Compile app to run on different OSes.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Compile time reference counting
Unlike Rust doesn't make the programmer jump through hoops, mainly automatic. Does an analysis similar to the Rust borrow checker to infer lifetimes, but makes life easier on the programmer.
Pro Python-esque syntax
There's an audience who loves that.
Pro WebAssembly backend
More options for users.
Pro Inline structs
Structs are allocated in their parent, and come at zero overhead.
Pro Automatic memory management
Better than Rust. No sadism.
Pro Type inference algorithm
Just works. Goes further than most languages in terms of allowing code without types.
Pro Cross-platform
Compile app to run on different OSes.
Pro Sum types
V has sum types.
Pro GUI support
V comes with (simple) GUI support out of the box.
Pro Clear syntax
Highly understandable language.
Pro Safety
V is very safe.
Pro Fast like C
V is easier than C and fast like C.
Pro Closures
V has closures, which gives the user additional options and usefulness.
Pro Generics
V has generics.
Pro Supports concurrency and channels
Can run functions concurrently that communicate over channels.
Pro C Interop
Can import C libraries, structs, and headers.
Pro Fast compile times
Compiles programs fast, less waiting around, so more productive and fun.
Pro Lambdas
Supports using lambdas, which helps write more concise code without having to use so many lines.
Cons
Con Small community
Lead doesn't appear to be so ambitious or has a vision to push making more popular.
Con Compile time reference counting not 100%
Around 5% of time, need to escape to runtime reference counting. Working to get the percentage as low as possible.
Con Lobster not yet totally written in Lobster
Core written in C++. Plans to change that, but has been a long time.
Con Python-like syntax, but different use case and domain
Not Python compatible and often significantly different in purpose and use cases.
