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<h1>The V Programming Language</h1>

[vlang.io](https://vlang.io)
| [Docs](https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/master/doc/docs.md)
| [Changelog](https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)
| [Speed](https://fast.vlang.io/)
| [Contributing & compiler design](https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)

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## Key Features of V

- Simplicity: the language can be learned over the course of a weekend
- Fast compilation: ≈110k loc/s with a Clang backend,
  ≈500k loc/s with native and tcc backends *(Intel i5-7500, SSD, no
  optimization)* ([demo video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvP6wmcl_Sc))
- Easy to develop: V compiles itself in less than a second
- Performance: as fast as C (V's main backend compiles to human-readable C)
- Safety: no null, no globals, no undefined behavior (wip), immutability by default
- C to V translation ([Translating DOOM demo video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oXrz3oRoEg))
- Hot code reloading
- [Flexible memory management](https://vlang.io/#memory). GC by default, manual via `v -gc none`,
  arena allocation via `v -prealloc`, autofree via `v -autofree`
  ([autofree demo video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmB8ea8uLsM)).
- [Cross-platform UI library](https://github.com/vlang/ui)
- Built-in graphics library
- Easy cross-compilation
- REPL
- [Built-in ORM](https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/master/doc/docs.md#orm)
- [Built-in web framework](https://github.com/vlang/v/blob/master/vlib/veb/README.md)
- C and JavaScript backends
- Great for writing low-level software ([Vinix OS](https://github.com/vlang/vinix))

## Stability, future changes, post 1.0 freeze

Despite being at an early development stage, the V language is relatively stable, and doesn't
change often. But there will be changes before 1.0.
Most changes in the syntax are handled via vfmt automatically.

The V core APIs (primarily the `os` module) will also have minor changes until
they are stabilized in V 1.0. Of course, the APIs will grow after that, but without breaking
existing code.

After the 1.0 release V is going to be in the "feature freeze" mode. That means no breaking changes
in the language, only bug fixes and performance improvements. Similar to Go.

Will there be V 2.0? Not within a decade after 1.0, perhaps not ever.

To sum it up, unlike many other languages, V is not going to be always changing, with new features
introduced and old features modified. It is always going to be a small and si