'''V''', also known as '''vlang''', is a [[Static type checking|statically typed]], [[Compiled language|compiled]] [[programming language]] created by Alexander Medvednikov in early 2019.{{Sfn|Rao|2021}} It was inspired by the language [[Go (programming language)|Go]], and other influencesprogramming languages including [[Oberon (programming language)|Oberon]], [[Swift (programming language)|Swift]], and [[Rust (programming language)|Rust]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lewkowicz |first1=Jakub |title=SD Times news digest: V language now open sourced |url=https://sdtimes.com/softwaredev/sd-times-news-digest-v-language-now-open-sourced-smartbear-acquires-bdd-provider-cucumber-and-kaggle-integrates-into-bigquery |website=SD Times |date=25 June 2019 |access-date=25 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="hackaday">{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Ben |date=23 July 2019 |title=The V Programming Language: Vain Or Virtuous? |url=https://hackaday.com/2019/07/23/the-v-programming-language-vain-or-virtuous/ |access-date=23 July 2019 |website=Hackaday}}</ref><ref name="section">{{cite web |last1=Umoren |first1=Samuel |title=Building a Web Server using Vlang |url=https://www.section.io/engineering-education/building-web-server-with-vlang |website=Section |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313021526/https://www.section.io/engineering-education/building-web-server-with-vlang|archive-date=13 March 2023|access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> It is [[free and open-source software]] released under the [[MIT License]], and currently in [[Software release life cycle#Beta|beta]].<ref name=VlangBeta>{{Cite web |title=The V Programming Language |url=https://vlang.io/ |access-date=2023-11-04 |website=vlang.io}}</ref>
The goals of V include ease of use, [[Computer programming#Readability of source code|readability]], and [[Maintainability#Software|maintainability]].<ref name="Knott">{{cite web |last1=Knott |first1=Simon |date=27 June 2019 |title=An introduction to V |url=https://simonknott.de/articles/vlang/ |access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="nasufi">{{cite web |last1=Nasufi |first1=Erdet |title=An introduction to V - the vlang|url=https://debconf22.debconf.org/talks/69-an-introduction-to-v-the-vlang/ |website=DebConf |access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>
