bug#41415: closed ([PATCH 0/1] Add v compiler)

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> [PATCH 0/1] Add v compiler
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> Wed, 20 May 2020 03:18:25 +0000
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> v is a systems programming language that's evolving rapidly right now. This
> patch contains a bootstrap package for the v compiler.
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> Ryan Prior (1):
>   gnu: Add v.
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>  gnu/local.mk           |   1 +
>  gnu/packages/vlang.scm | 116 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 117 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 gnu/packages/vlang.scm
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> Hi Ryna,
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> Ryan Prior <rprior@protonmail.com> skribis:
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> > * gnu/packages/vlang.scm: New file.
> > * gnu/packages/vlang.scm (v): New variable.
> > * gnu/local.mk: Add vlang.scm.
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> Finally applied, thank you.
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> > +   (native-inputs
> > +    `(("vc"
> > +       ,(let ((vc-version "0884d7092f4c2a4f8ca16da6f1792efa235247be"))
> > +          ;; v bootstraps from generated c source code from a dedicated
> > +          ;; repository. It's readable, as generated source goes, and not at 
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> > +          ;; obfuscated, and it's about 15kb. The original source written in
> > +          ;; golang is lost to the forces of entropy; modifying the 
> > generated c
> > +          ;; source by hand has been a commonly used technique for iterating 
> > on
> > +          ;; the codebase.
> > +          (origin
> > +            (method git-fetch)
> > +            (uri (git-reference
> > +                  (url "https://github.com/vlang/vc.git";)
> > +                  (commit vc-version)))
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> Thanks for taking the time to write this explanation.  The file ‘v.c’ is
> 1.2MB though, and it’s definitely not the preferred form for edition.
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> What’s the 15KB above referring to?  I’d welcome a patch to adjust the
> comment, unless I’m missing something.  :-)
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> It would be great if you could bring up this issue with upstream,
> perhaps mentioning <https://bootstrappable.org/>.
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> Thanks, and sorry for the long delay!
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> Ludo’.
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