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Re:About V, the language Volt is written in by ar_lan on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @06:22PM (#19101208)
From https://volt.ws/lang:

  > V compiler is written in V. The language will be open-sourced later in 2019.
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Re:About V, the language Volt is written in by mmcclure on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @06:36PM (#19101330)
I think /lang may be out of date from the home page. Here's what's on the index:

    > Is Volt open-source?
    > Not at the moment. Due to several reasons, right now the development model is similar to that of Sublime Text. The app is going to be open-sourced in 2021, so you don't have to worry about it being abandoned.
Edit: Just in case people miss the responses, my apologies, this quote may be referring to Volt the app, not the language (V).
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Re:About V, the language Volt is written in by swalladge on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @06:42PM (#19101390)
That refers to the Volt app, not the V language. According to the website, the V language will be open sourced in 2019, and Volt (the app) will be open sourced in 2021.
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Re:About V, the language Volt is written in by mmcclure on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @07:08PM (#19101602)
Ahh great point, totally overlooked that.
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Re:About V, the language Volt is written in by eslaught on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @06:41PM (#19101383)
It's at least plausible they could open source the language without open sourcing the app at the same time. So they're not necessarily in contradiction.
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Re:About V, the language Volt is written in by amedvednikov on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @08:54PM (#19102228)
Correct, the language will be open sourced this year.
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