It's not about founding or donation, it's all about false promises. How you can give false assumptions about something which does not exists and it's not provable. I'm thinking here about all the optimistic features the author is acclaiming. As some of the commenters mentioned practically is impossible to build a product (a new programming language) in solo and having only a couple of thousands of LOC.
Re:The V Programming Language is open source
by ScottFree on Sunday June 23, 2019 @06:12AM
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You need to stop. There are no false promises or false assumptions going on here. If there were, then the negative coverage over the past three days would include outrage from his patreon subscribers and his patreon donations would have gone down considerably. Neither of these things have happened.
Re:The V Programming Language is open source
by hutzlibu on Sunday June 23, 2019 @04:25AM
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I said very clearly, I am not judging about this case as I did not follow it enough.
From what I saw I also do not think so.
Re:The V Programming Language is open source
by ScottFree on Sunday June 23, 2019 @06:19AM
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You clearly implied the author of this project is a liar and now you're trying to walk it back without admitting fault.
Why is it so many people online can't admit when they're wrong? "I'm sorry. I was wrong." Is that really so hard to type?
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Re:The V Programming Language is open source
by ScottFree on Sunday June 23, 2019 @11:25AM
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> Except in cases where people make money from a limited avaiable fund, by lying.
> You have something to say?
Do you? Nobody buys your "clever" attempts to be "sneaky." You called this project author a liar. Period.
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Re:The V Programming Language is open source
by ScottFree on Sunday June 23, 2019 @11:47AM
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> I showed you my quote where I said I do not judge about this case
And then I quoted exactly where you called Alex a liar. Stop lying. Stop trying to be clever. You're not pulling it off.
Re:The V Programming Language is open source
by hutzlibu on Sunday June 23, 2019 @12:39PM
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"And then I quoted exactly where you called Alex a liar. "
Where?
This is my quote:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20252153
And your quote of me accusing "alex" of lying?
If you do a search in these comments for people who have actually given him money, I think you'll find that none of us have done so under the pretense that all the features he listed on the website are finished.
We're also not "buying" anything. We're supporting a developer who is writing a language we would like to one day use. How else is it going to get written? Do we expect somebody to toil away in obscurity for no pay for 5+ years first?
I would consider it money well spent even if he never finishes it. I'm voting for the language I want with my wallet.
Yes, this opens me up to making me feel like a sucker if he is a scam artist. But, he's delivered things in the past and he's delivered things even since the last conversation. Most frauds don't ship.