Talk:V (programming language)
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Wukuendo in topic Advert template
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Just saw the edit summary: "Where is the content written like an advertisement?" Well here is a meaningless marketing like statement for a start:
Translating DOOM from C to V and building it takes less than a second.
building it on what hardware? compared to what? what secondary sources benchmark this? I haven't read all this page yet, but statements like that do sound rather "advert like". Thank you for your attempts to improve the article though. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 17:27, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
- Agree – things like "it does this so fast!" or "it does this in this really unique and revolutionary way that deserves an expansive mention!" are largely subjective and do not belong in an encyclopedic article.
- I, too, though, commend you for attempting to improve the draft. You're getting somewhere. LVDP01 (talk) 20:14, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks Sirfurboy for the input. I can see your perspective, but aren't the 2nd and 3rd statements offering proof of the statement above it? Each link, is placed to verify the validity of the statement. Thus it seems like we are caught in a circular catch-22. The section is C translation. Simply stating that, offers no context to the reader. The statements below are expanding on what that means in respect to features of the V language. Thus, "V can translate your entire C project and offer you the safety, simplicity, and compilation speed-up (via modules)." But now is that statement merely a claim or a fact? Therefore the next statement and link are proof of the claim, "Translating DOOM from C to V and building it takes less than a second." Furthermore, V is not selling anything by this. There is no product. That it can quickly translate a C program to V, is a proven statement, that is backed up by visual proof.
- Don't get me wrong, I'm perfect fine with us removing statements to not look like advertising or promotional content, or rewording statements with flowery sales-like language. But worried that removal of key explanatory statements, can lead to the next editor taking a position that statements are mere claims without merit or proof.
- How about this?
- C translation
- V (via modules) can safely, simply, and quickly translate an entire C project.[1][2]
- An example is it can translate DOOM from C to V; building can take less than a second.[3]
- Translation for Go and JavaScript are already under development[4]