Re:Free Messaging App for Slack, Facebook Messenger, WhatsAp...
by brobdingnagians on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @11:28AM
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>What language is Volt written in? V. It's a new language I created to develop Volt.
That's some dedication to create your own language for a single program; but looking through the V site and it looks solid. Live reload, blazing fast compilation, and good interop with C/C++ (including conversion from C _and_ C++ code).
> `In the age of 300 MB chat clients and 10 MB web pages we started to forget how powerful our computers are and how much can fit in 1 MB. A lot of time and resoures were spent to ensure the small size and great performance. `
I like the philosophy. He has fit more into an entire desktop program than most sites fit into their initial load. The optional icons that volt loads are larger than the entire code base by 50%.
That's some dedication to create your own language for a single program; but looking through the V site and it looks solid. Live reload, blazing fast compilation, and good interop with C/C++ (including conversion from C _and_ C++ code).
> `In the age of 300 MB chat clients and 10 MB web pages we started to forget how powerful our computers are and how much can fit in 1 MB. A lot of time and resoures were spent to ensure the small size and great performance. `
I like the philosophy. He has fit more into an entire desktop program than most sites fit into their initial load. The optional icons that volt loads are larger than the entire code base by 50%.